The Native woodland art was highly focused on colour. For this piece I used a mixture of warm and cool colours like, red, orange, yellow green and blue. I chose to make the bear with the bright warm colours so he would be emphasized against the dark background. I really like how I outlined the subject in black and white because it really made the image pop from the background and stand out. I think that the colour scheme is done perfectly. For effect I made the background I mixture of shades of blue blended together in a sort of spiral.

 

 

Rebekka Neilson, Mother Bear, paint on canvas board, 30x45, December 2014