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Property	Value
@id	work:1e122016-0f17-4134-9f4c-37c9bef6946b
type	rdfs:Resource, vad:CreativeWork, vad:PaintingForm, vad:Watercolor, vad:ArtRealization, vad:VisualArtForm, vad:VisualArts, vad:Art, vad:ArtForm
copyright notice	copyright © 2025 Rick Spates. All Rights Reserved.
created date	2025-08-03
description	Elephant ear seen in early morning with the sunlight from the left filtering through the translucent leaves.
has additive	the:maskingFluid
has artist profile	Watercolor materials profile
has paper	the:FabrianoArtisticoGranaFinaColdPress
has technique	the:draggingPaint
has technique	the:wetIntoWetWash, the:wetOnDry, the:PenNibPainting, the:masking, the:PenNibMask
has watercolor paint	the:IvoryBlackDD, the:CadmiumGreenLCS, the:BurntSiennaDD, the:UltramarineLCS, the:RawUmberDD
height	15 inches
identifier	1e122016-0f17-4134-9f4c-37c9bef6946b
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label	Elephant Ear
license	work:CC-4-0
location	Woodstock, GA
note	Seen just behind the house.
published date	2025-08-03
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tag	Criticism of Elephant Ear, Elephant Ear Notes
width	11 inches
work on site	rickspates.art

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Tag	Criticism of Elephant Ear
definition	Write an artistic criticism of this 15 x 11 inch watercolor called Elephant Ear, with the description, Elephant ear seen in early morning with the sunlight from the left filtering through the translucent leaves.
Tag	Elephant Ear Notes
definition	Chrome green facing sun, cadmium green on translucent leaves, mix some cd yellow-Mn blue for leaf edges tending toward yellow. What is the shadow here? Raw umber and ultramarine for ground, light and shadow? When painting shadows over the background, be sure to feather the edges of the wash Bare outline of drawing. Light cadmium green coat with naples light yellow-green edging Mask striations. Mask veins 2 nib second light Cd green coat. With yellow green edging. Unmask Striation shading and general shading. Final coat thin Cd green and yellow.