This experimental mixed-media picture features things I hardly ever use in fantasy art: white ink on a dark background and spray metallic paint. The white ink is actually liquid acrylic which I daubed on my pen point with a brush. When it was dry I went over it with transparent acrylic to color it. The background clouds are done in colored pencil. The Gothic architecture is inspired by the British Houses of Parliament.
I called it "Towers of Aither" because "aither" is Greek for "magical energy." It became the English word "ether." Although the painting was pretty, I never used this combination again, probably because it looked like a New Age greeting card.
"Towers of Aither" is mixed media on grey paper, 8" x 9 3/4", November 1998.
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The technique you used makes the buildings look like crystal, very cool.
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