Piece #11

Mother Nature is a Trophy

Reflection

Throughout this piece's construction process, I found it most challenging to find smaller flowers and weeds that would appear proportional to the deer head –– which is quite small relative to a life-size deer's head. Using hot glue to attach all pf the small, dried weeds I found, these plants were darkened in color once the heat transferred rom the glue. To make the brown color of the deer's face appear more seamless with the flower petals at the rim of the neck, I added pink, red, and blue paint in a ombre-like gradient that was somewhat messy to exert a haunting mood on the audience. 

If I could change anything about this piece, I would go back to the beginning of the painting process and make the deer's eyes more detailed while adding value with various brown tints and shades to accentuate a feeling of anguish on the deer's face.