Blake, William. The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea. 1805. Watercolor.
Blake, William. The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea. 1805. Watercolor. 40.1 x 35.6 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.. I was actually not aware until posting this and doing research on it that William Blake was commissioned to do the series of Red Dragon paintings as illustrations for the Bible. As with a lot of my previous postings, I love this one because it blends natural and realistic elements with imaginative works. I also chose it because it astounded me that it was in watercolor, which I also did not know until I looked it up. The many different faces on the Great Red Dragon are interesting to inspect as they each have a different expression and emotion they convey and ultimately evoke. -- source link
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