SF&F Picture 21 out of 25 by Michelle R. Parker.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: The Naga's Pool

I got a little tired of drawing so many fair-skinned and haired characters, and so decided to do something a little different. This is a 11x20' ink, watercolor and colored pencil painting of an Indian (not American) princess and her Naga-dragon. I did this painting because I really, desperately wanted to paint a bright red sari. I'd been looking at a friend's sari's the week before and they were so inspiring. The way the fabric drapes as it's wrapped around the body is just so lovely. The patters on the dragon were inspired by a festival that they have in India (and I think they do it in Thailand as well). It's an elephant festival, and they dress up the elephants in rich fabrics and paint elaborate designs all over them. It's very beautiful. I can't remember where I first saw a picture of that, but it really stays with you. I'm pretty proud of the background in this one, it came out really well.


	Categories: [Dragons, Drakes, Wyverns, etc] Techniques: [Coloured Pencils] [Watercolour]

Date	Name	Comment
19 Sep 2005	Idunea	Loading... WOW! This is beautiful! I love all your work but I think this one is my fave. just because its so different. Any way I could get a copy?
19 Sep 2005	Katelyn Puishys	Loading... This is really awesome! Now this picture deserves a mods choice...Really, who decides what gets a mods and what doesnt! Anyway, beautiful beautiful work.
19 Sep 2005	Meg L. Getrum	Loading... Cool! It really is different. the dragon's head is really cool. Wonder if they had to charm him to paint the designs on?
20 Sep 2005	Fairy	Loading... MOD ALERT MOD ALERT!!! jeez how many pictures of yours have I said that?!? LOL
21 Sep 2005	Melkor	Loading... Your awasome!!! I love it all
30 Sep 2005	LadyDoll	Loading... Překrásné,miluji tvůj styl.Ten drak je úžasný
12 Nov 2005	Celestia Peters	Loading... Wow. This is beautiful! I'm in love with India. P.S: The festival you're referring to is Pongal, I believe.
6 Jan 2008	Sarah Cuypers	Loading... Nice drawing! Very original idea. (Sari's are beautiful garments indeed.) I really like the snake's head. Good idea to have it painted just like the elephants. Nice work.
2 Feb 2008	?????	Loading... WWWWWOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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SciFi and Fantasy Art: The Naga's Pool