Tag Tuesday's current theme is ' Steampunk' and I am away from home and have limited resources and of course, no stash. However, I am travelling with water colour paper, a black pen, some coloured pencils and a 2B and a 4B lead pencil. I also have scissors so I cut out an advertisement for a watch from the in flight magazine and with the purchase of a glue stick and some string , I created this interpretation of 'Steampunk'. I actually enjoyed working with so little at hand - sometimes it challenges you to think more and do something differently.
Have you ever thought how strange a creature the octopus is? This week's fascination started when I asked the question, "What colour is an octopus when it's underwater?" The answer is "any colour it wants to be " - An octopus' coloration depends upon its surroundings. An octopus possesses the ability to alter its coloration depending on its immediate environment. This defensive technique protects the animal from predators and entices prey to come close to the animal . ((from https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/color-octopus-be94f74fcdc74ebe) . Why did I want to know the colour of an octopus? Because I wanted to draw octopus tentacles as mermaid hair for my art journal! Then, I began to think it might be considered a little too weird and even perverse to give a mermaid octopus hair.... Facebook friends assured me that this was not so, citing Medusa and her snake hair as a precedent, and even one friend said that she thought it was l...

Wonderful tag Wilma with beautiful artwork
ReplyDeleteLove Chrissie xx
What a beautiful face you made - love the added steampunk elements!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic tag Wilma, thanks for joining in in spite of it all! Enjoy your trip, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteYou give "up for a challenge" a totally new meaning, Wilma.
ReplyDeleteWell done, and with so little at hand! Ingenious!
Your "Timely Lady Steampunk" is absolutely stunning.
Where in the world are you?
All the best.
Carolyn
This is amazing!
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