The leopard does not announce itself.
Ping Deborah@deborahping3630
13 days ago
The leopard does not announce itself.
It arrives.
Low. Silent. Already closer than you thought.
I painted the eyes first. Two hours on two circles of gold and green because the eyes are what hold you. Everything else - the spots, the muscle, the coiled power - is just context for those eyes.
The splatters are controlled chaos. Gold where the light would hit. Black where the shadow would swallow. The ink drips because a leopard in motion does not respect clean edges.
Splash watercolor and ink on paper.
Gold. Amber. Black. Green.
The body took twenty minutes. The eyes took all afternoon.
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13 days ago
Davis Augustus
@augustusdavis7363
okay that bit about the eyes taking all afternoon and the body only 20 minutes hit me hard. i get so obsessed with the tiny details too and everything else just kinda happens around it. the leopard metaphor is beautiful honestly. do you ever feel like you overwork the eyes and have to start over? i always second-guess myself on that part 8 days ago
