Under the Sea

     Here I have an acrylic painting of a dragon underwater. Unfortunately, it is not finished, but it's close. The dragon is white with a purple belly. Here ears and spikes down her back would've been a purple too. I've shaded this painting as well. Highlights are another thing that need to be added.

     I've used value, color, and shape as my elements. I used shape and color to make the dragon pop out more than a sketch would. Value is used to show form and where the placement of light is. Proportion, balance, and emphasis and my principles. My dragons body is proportional to her head and so forth. I tried putting emphasis on the dragon by making her a different color than the water.

     A small story goes with my underwater dragon. She's actually pregnant. She's watching her stomach and has her hand over it because the baby was kicking so she's comforting him. Any day now she'll have her baby, so she's hiding in the water for safety from bigger dragon predators.

     I really like this painting. This was my first acrylic painting and I think I did pretty well. I like how I added value and the colors I used. She love how her pregnant belly turned out and overall, there's nothing I'd change about it [except finishing it].