This “small octopus” has been on my mind since I saw it 5 years ago! and finally painted it last month. Marine life is depicted in ancient frescoes of many cultures; here, Octopus cyanea, the ‘Hawaiian day octopus,’ in ink on dry plaster and...
This “small octopus” has been on my mind since I saw it 5 years ago! and finally painted it last month. Marine life is depicted in ancient frescoes of many cultures; here, Octopus cyanea, the ‘Hawaiian day octopus,’ in ink on dry plaster and...
March 23- April 19: Arrivederci, 11 G St, San Rafael CA Fresco & Ink Paintings by Krista Anandakuttan, Salon event Monday 3/25 I explore our living, breathing world in ancient fresco techniques in this group of new mixed media paintings on plaster. Please...
looking down at the ocean from a cliff, Sonoma County CA fresco secco panel This is a detail of a larger fresco secco panel. The colors are natural earth and mineral pigments, white is the plaster underneath. Finished? Possibly. I joke that someone has to stop me,...
I used mixed media for this close-up (4″ x 4″): semi-transparent washes of acrylic paint, with colored pencil and graphite. I like both drawing and painting, and the surface of an acrylic wash holds the colored pencil nicely. This anemone is either a...
Working on a new fresco panel, I thought of posting snapshots of the work as it progresses. Yesterday I transferred a drawing of “Sita”, a seated female figure, onto a small panel with a smooth calcium carbonate ground. I outlined it in ochre and red...
