This is my whale that I created for the Heart and Soul competition. It is a mixed media piece, I used wood, silicon, acrylic paint, air dry clay, and resin. I just started out with the whale itself and just built up as I thought about it more. This was actually my first time using resin and it honestly was a complete mess but the results were totally worth it.
For composition, there could be like a backwards "L" thing kind of going on, with the whale being mainly straight at the top and then the fin extending down. Emphasis is a clear principle in this piece with the whale being the main focal point of the whole piece. There is also proportion in the whale, nothing is weirdly sized compared to the actual blue whale itself. Unity is a principle, I think the whole piece flows really nicely and nothing seems out of place.
I originally got the idea for this piece from an article I read about a dead blue whale washing up on the shores of California due to head trauma from hitting a ship and just something about that struck me and inspired me to make this piece. I mainly just wanted to address the topic I suppose and interpret in a way that maybe made people want to look more into the blue whale and how we as a species are single handedly abolishing this world of its largest mammal.
I would be lying if I said I wasn't slightly proud of myself for how this piece came out. I was a little wary of it at first but as it progressed, it really started to grow on me and I especially like how the water came out, I think it really helps make the piece. The only growth I would say is just to have better planning when it comes to using materials like silicon and resin where once its down its not coming back up without completely destroying the whole piece.
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