Cowgirl Lara | mixed media on paper | 2010
Sand | mixed media on paper | 2010
My, it's been a long time since my last post! I feel like I should catch up a bit:
I'm still plugging away at my An Education piece...I'm learning just how cumbersome it is to work on a drawing six times bigger than what I'm used to! That expressed, I'm about 2/3s finished and just have big blocks of color to complete. Faces: check! Extremities: check! It's just hair and clothing from here on out :)
I have been having such a fun time drawing lately. I've always enjoyed drawing, don't get me wrong...I think it's mostly because lately I have settled into a better routine (quite an undervalued luxury) and have started to experiment more with subtle new techniques -- I drew both of these pieces firstly with ink and then with pastel, but went about applying the pastel in completely different ways.
I'm still plugging away at my An Education piece...I'm learning just how cumbersome it is to work on a drawing six times bigger than what I'm used to! That expressed, I'm about 2/3s finished and just have big blocks of color to complete. Faces: check! Extremities: check! It's just hair and clothing from here on out :)
I have been having such a fun time drawing lately. I've always enjoyed drawing, don't get me wrong...I think it's mostly because lately I have settled into a better routine (quite an undervalued luxury) and have started to experiment more with subtle new techniques -- I drew both of these pieces firstly with ink and then with pastel, but went about applying the pastel in completely different ways.
I started using my most favorite paper called Bristol Board again. Most of my previously posted pieces were done on Stonehenge printmaking paper -- admittedly, a better match for the many medias I applied, but for the basics, Bristol has my heart! Not the most thrilling news but it's quite hefty in my little world!
Don't be alarmed that the quality of the photographs in this post seems a bit suspect from all the others...I fully intend to scan these properly, as they deserve, and post them later but I've been so eager to share my new pieces, the time saving convenience of my camera phone has come to my aid!
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