Silver Gull

Silver Gull, handmade watercolours on Fabriano paper, 27 x 38cm, © Matteo Grilli.

Using masking fluid...

Flying Silver Gulls Series

The light and gentle flight of the seagulls is always a pleasure to watch, the Silver Gulls are very common and I observed these at Wellington Point, a coastal suburb of Brisbane.

The rough and beautiful texture of this handmade paper is visible even in the scans and every piece of paper has four-sides deckle edges.

These three artworks are for sale in my store.

I decided not to put any mounting as it would hide the beautiful deckle edges.

 I realized this three-pieces series on handmade watercolour Khadi paper, the production and trade of Khadi papers supports and empowers small Indian communities with a low impact on the environment, find out more at khadi.com

Until next time!

M

The Sleeping Birds Series goes on...

I am a half way to finish this collection (10 artworks so far) ... this time I'm posting the Silver Gull and the Emu. I tried to use as less colour as possible for the Silver Gull, which is easy for gulls since they're very light coloured, while I needed to use a bit more for the sleeping Emu, I had this very close and sweet contact at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane. I can see in the Emu the influence that Louis Agassiz Fuertes has had on me...