Morrisseau, Hahnemühle and ZenART Supplies
Norval Morrisseau was an indigenous Canadian artist from the Ojibway Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation. His work is recognizable by the bright colors, organic shapes and thick black outlines. Canadian artist Cherryl Moote recently designed a tangle she named Morrisseau in tribute to one of her favorite artists.
Cherryl would work this tangle on a white background. I chose to go with a colorful background because that is more my style. The paper is Bristol Illustration paper from Hahnemühle. The watercolors I used are a set called Sereno from ZenART Supplies. And I just painted an all over layer of various colors, then dried it with a heat gun. I added a second layer that included all the roundish blobs of color, that I outlined roughly with other watercolors. And that was all the color prep I did.
And then I weighted those lines. Remember, one of the things Morrisseau is noted for is the thick black lines. On my connectors I added a little weighting on each end where they touch the blobs. A little 'nzeppleish but it works. And I believe Morrisseau would leave it at this point.
Bristol Illustration paper from Hahnemühle can be purchased here.
Sereno Watercolor Set from ZenART Supplies can be purchased here.
I really like this. The white really adds that pop.
ReplyDeletethank you, it really makes a difference. I hope you will try it for yourself :)
DeleteI so love this tangle, Alice I love what you created with it.
ReplyDeletethank you, you should try it. morrisseau is relaxing and easy to do
DeleteYour additions of white make quite a difference to the look & it's interesting to see how the rough outlining of your blobs created the effect of shadows.
ReplyDeleteI really think the white gives it more 3D-ness.
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