Earth Spiral

'EARTHSPIRAL'

This is the last painting in a series of three. Similar to the others, this painting was inspired by the photographs available on the Nasa website. This particular painting was from the photograph and article named 'A 'Rose' Made of Galaxies'. I originally used coloured pastels to produce the affects which were very subtle, and although this did look affective and more accurate as a whole, it seemed rather bland from a distance, so like the other 2 paintings, I decided to use a mixture of pastels and thickly applied paint to make it really stand out. The hues are deeper than the original photograph for affect. I again used unconventional tools to apply the paint like needles, pins, and a cotton pick. The wispy original pastels are made to stand out by just slightly outlining the areas with a white pencil. The painting was finally blacked in, but extensively used to delineate the different areas for affect and contrast.