Fossil Art. Need opinion

[jnicholes]

 so, for those of you who do not know, I am a sumi e artist. Sumi e  Is a Japanese ink art. I basically Drew one of my fossils in this style, and I would like an opinion. Does it look like a Phareodus testis?

 

It was actually quite fun making a fossil on paper.

[Bobby Rico]

I like what I see. Interesting art form . Any chance of a picture with it all included. 

[jnicholes]

2 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

I like what I see. Interesting art form . Any chance of a picture with it all included. 

Sure. Here's the picture I went off of.

[caldigger]

2 hours ago, jnicholes said:

Sure. Here's the picture I went off of.

What I think Bobby is asking for is the complete picture of your art.  It is cut off on both ends in your photograph.

[jnicholes]

 Oh. I see now. Well, I ran out of room on the paper. It's not a full picture. That's what I've got.

[Kane]

Nice brushstroke work. 

I took the liberty of moving your topic to our Paleo Re-Creations thread where your artistry will be at home with some of our other paleo-artists.  

[jnicholes]

@Kane thanks for doing that. I didn't know that spot existed.

[Fossildude19]

Cropped and brightened: 

 

[Bobby Rico]

Ok, the brush work is really suiting for the subject matter. You should definitely do more fossil art works. Great start indeed. 

[jnicholes]

@Bobby Rico thank you very much for the compliment. I'm going to figure out another fossil I can go off of, then I'll post another painting when it's done.

 

Jared

[Darbi]

Never heard of sumi e technique until now. That's interesting and your paintings are awesome!

[jnicholes]

10 hours ago, Darbi said:

Never heard of sumi e technique until now. That's interesting and your paintings are awesome!

Sumi e is a Japanese ink and brush art done on rice paper.

 

 Maybe later, I'll post a picture of my set and a video of how I paint it.

[Mahnmut]

Hi Jared,

nice drawing.

I think Sumi-e is not an artform for me to try, because I heavily depend on the possibility to redo and change every aspect of what I make.

So, after stating that I could not do this myself, you asked for opinion:

I had a look at your video and others about sumi-e as well, the timing of every stroke seems to be of importance there. In the other videos I saw it seems that the ink was even more diluted than yours so that it makes more of a difference how long they keep the brush in one spot to achieve contrast.

Otherwise I like the fish. Looking forward to the next ones.

 

Best Regards,
J