cariad's entry - October '06

[cariad]

Cool- what's the red substance? Is it just the nature of the background, or did you make it black and white on purpose? I love the composition; great job as usual!
-Phan

Thank you.

The red stuff, which is symbolic of both red wine and blood, was water, which I had coloured and thickened with cornflour. The drain did not have much colour, although the fallen autumn oak leaves and grass were the crisp brown and fresh green that you might have expected. I decided to kill the colour of the background to remove the visual distraction of these colours and to add potency to the red.

As a point of interest, the ending of this picture is that I am going to print it out and frame it for the friend who was its inspiration.

cariad