I’m not sure what I’m going to use this for yet, but I decided to paint one of our kinda invasive species: the gold dust day gecko.
I’ve had these little two-sided glass pendants with a hinge for a while, and only have ever used them to sandwich a little watercolor or something in between. I just recently realized it might be fun to paint both pieces if glads to create a tiny bit of depth/dimension.
The outline of the gecko is india ink, and the rest is fluorescent acrylic paint. All of the media is on the inside, so it should be relatively safe, but I still might try to figure out some clear coat or some other way to protect it further.
It was kinda fun to paint because I had to think backwards, like old-school animation, and paint the things on “top” first and work my way to the bigger “back” layers.
And the back is simple and fun too.
Thanks for looking!
