Initiation well

2013, Drawings, Paintings

The background here is the initiation well of Quinta de Regaleira. The birds are northern gannets

initiation well northern gannet acrylic painting
This was done in acrylic paint
initiation well northern gannet drawing
Here my initial drawing. Everything was projected onto the canvas and outlined. In the end I used a photo of the well instead of this drawing.. turns out perspective and spiral staircases etc. are quite hard to get right.