‘Jackdaws’

Description

Jackdaws is the original atmospheric multimedia painting by Amy Letts. The Jackdaws are painted in a blue-grey hue, creating an interesting contrast with a decorative stained glass window (from Saint David’s Cathedral) in the background. The Jackdaw on the left holds a gold coin in its mouth (like ravens and magpies they love to collect shiny things) rendered in genuine gold leaf. They stand on a wall covered in moss and lichen.

Amy Letts uses a complimentary colour palette of blue and orange to bring vibrancy and liveliness. The sun-scorched stones are painted in watercolours, whilst the green stained glass window is a combination of watercolour paint and acrylic paint pens. This makes the background softer, and seem more distant. Meanwhile the Jackdaws are painted more sharply in acrylics, which naturally have a shinier finish.