Art Rec: Coffee
Apr. 3rd, 2014 01:38 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Title: Coffee (unconventional medium challenge)
Artist: ladyt220.tumblr.com
Pairing: Gen, Sherlock
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Artist's summary: Here, I’m going to annoy you with some tenuously linked fanart I did for my fortnightly arts challenge group. Painted entirely with instant coffee and water.
Reccer's comments: This is just so unexpected, unique and beautiful. The artist has used instant coffee to paint a portrait of Sherlock, and the remarkable detail she/he has achieved using this ‘unconventional medium’ is impressive.
To me the portrait speaks of some powerful sadness – Sherlock seems to be on his knees, his body halfway hunched over, his hair wild and his eyes closed. The rich browns of the coffee, which the artist has shaded delicately throughout the painting, create a kind of sepia tone that, to me, adds to the drama and grief of the image. The artist has even managed to contain the splotchiness of the coffee grains to the shoulder of Sherlock’s coat, where they add texture.
A remarkable piece, I think.
Artist: ladyt220.tumblr.com
Pairing: Gen, Sherlock
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Artist's summary: Here, I’m going to annoy you with some tenuously linked fanart I did for my fortnightly arts challenge group. Painted entirely with instant coffee and water.
Reccer's comments: This is just so unexpected, unique and beautiful. The artist has used instant coffee to paint a portrait of Sherlock, and the remarkable detail she/he has achieved using this ‘unconventional medium’ is impressive.
To me the portrait speaks of some powerful sadness – Sherlock seems to be on his knees, his body halfway hunched over, his hair wild and his eyes closed. The rich browns of the coffee, which the artist has shaded delicately throughout the painting, create a kind of sepia tone that, to me, adds to the drama and grief of the image. The artist has even managed to contain the splotchiness of the coffee grains to the shoulder of Sherlock’s coat, where they add texture.
A remarkable piece, I think.