11-28-2023, 01:02 PM
The painting was done as a live demonstration for students in class. We brainstormed the idea and they followed me every step as I painted while they worked on their own version, watching my progress as reference and guidance. I would answer whatever questions they had or elaborate on a difficult part, or explain the logic behind certain aspects like why the lighting behaves the way it does on that surface, and so on.
I don't think the term hydra was used--it was meant to be just some monster in a lake that the travelers came upon and battled. There's a bit of a backstory, since before that painting, we worked on a portrait of an elven archer, and this is basically extended his story with a fellow elf as a traveling companion. And being fantasy elves, they have super-human ability.
I very rarely share the stuff I do as demonstrations for students to the public, since they are usually meant to instruct or have a lot of student input for the idea and stylistic direction, and usually not something I'd have done for myself. In this case, it contains enough of a landscape and the narrative isn't too silly, so I decided to share it.
Here's an example of one of the past ideas we had done, and it's by far not the weirdest/silliest:
I don't think the term hydra was used--it was meant to be just some monster in a lake that the travelers came upon and battled. There's a bit of a backstory, since before that painting, we worked on a portrait of an elven archer, and this is basically extended his story with a fellow elf as a traveling companion. And being fantasy elves, they have super-human ability.
I very rarely share the stuff I do as demonstrations for students to the public, since they are usually meant to instruct or have a lot of student input for the idea and stylistic direction, and usually not something I'd have done for myself. In this case, it contains enough of a landscape and the narrative isn't too silly, so I decided to share it.
Here's an example of one of the past ideas we had done, and it's by far not the weirdest/silliest: