Sad instead of startled

I changed up the eye to look more sad instead of startled.

Here’s the startled image. That eye did bother me a bit.

Here’s some images with a sad eye.

I guess we wait to see if I even get my proposal accepted before I worry about the eye’s emotion. Should the eye be scared, angry, sad? Maybe just neutral? I think the eye was neutral when I started this idea. But then there would not be any tears. 

Or one small tear starting to fall.

Thanks for reading. Time to work on my sister’s gift.

Chris

Do I need gold eye and tears?

 Here’s the design without the gold.

Here it is with gold eye and tears.

Here’s a video of the image.

Gold eye?

Thanks for reading.

Chris

Thoughts on comments received

It was suggested that I leave the eye in the water and the upside down tree out of my composition.

Here’s the composition with both included.

Here’s an image with both removed.

Here’s just the eye added back in.

I played more and got the following. Changing the eye to gold and making the tears turn into triangles. The last one was created in an app. Some of the eyelashes are tree branches. I forgot to add the tear in that one.

Certainly a lot to ponder. It all maybe irrelevant on September 16 if I find my proposal is not accepted for the show.

Thanks for reading.

Chris

Evolution of an idea

 While I like my original idea for the surreal quilt I think I like another idea better. Here’s the original idea….

My new idea began with this image that I created years ago. It was the combination of a photo of trees taken in Crater Lake National Park and pieced triangles. In fact I thought I would make a quilt from this someday. 

I decided to add an eye to the sky, change up the trees to make it more surreal. This is what I got.

It’s definitely not dark enough so I edited it to make it darker. 

There are several things I like about the image…

• The eye crying into the tree. I like the connection.
• The twisted tree.
• The eye in the water.
• The pieces of the original triangles.
• I like that they are dripping.
• The reflected tree that doesn’t seem to have a source.
• I love the steel blue gray color scheme. 

I tried out a few different background fabrics.

This is the image that I’m thinking of making.

Here’s a crude sketch and a watercolor image I created in an iPad app.

Thanks for reading.

Chris