Project 5

For project  5 I made a box  based  off  of the famous painting Starry night. I used dark blues to get a more realistic night sky, with yellow and white for a nice contrast. The brush strokes helped give the night sky a flowing effect.

Style Project

Artist Biography: Linda Scarberry

On November 15, 1966, Linda was out with her husband and their friends. They were driving nearby Point Pleasant's TNT area when their headlights caught a reflection. They stumbled upon a bat-like creature with little to no facial features. It stared at them, and when they swerved to avoid hitting it, it vertically took off into the air. It proceeded to follow them at speeds of over 100 mph as they tried to get away. It only stopped when they passed Point Pleasant's city limits, when it turned around and flew off. After that incident, the 4 witnesses would forever plagued by the creature Nicknamed "Mothman". Linda's original drawing would form the basis for all future eyewitness reports. She became obsessed with making the most accurate portrayal possible, carrying a sketchbook at all times in case the creature showed up. She had hundreds of encounters, and filled notebooks full of sketches. A majority of the sightings consisted of Mothman peering in through the window, or hanging back in the distance. A prominent feature she always mentioned were it's bright red eyes, which appeared to be glowing. December 17, 1967, she finally finished her painting, she was overcome by nausea. She glanced out her bedroom window to see Mothman staring at her, and it flew off. Only 10 minutes later, the Silver bridge collapsed, killing 46 people. Soon after, sightings began to dwindle. She didn't see Mothman again until March 5, 2011, the day before she died. She always claimed that Mothman spared her life, as she would have died on the silver bridge if not for her Nausea.

Artwork:

Her original eyewitness sketch



Later sketches from her notebook



Her final painting