Building An Idea – Hey! Hey! Over Here!
WARNING: Attention Seeking Behaviour ahead!!! What is an artists, if not someone begging for attention? Of course there’s much more to it...
WARNING: Attention Seeking Behaviour ahead!!! What is an artists, if not someone begging for attention? Of course there’s much more to it...
Disclosure: I’m not following this whole yellow banana movement that seems to be all over the internet. I drew this before I ever noticed...
Started as a doodle, whatever a doodle is, turned into a leafy thing, then it needed a pot. Last semester, I played a little with...
I’m fascinated and amused by the advertisements of the 1940’s to 1960’s. There’s always a tension between innocence and the desire to...
I forgot to mention that one of the categories prompted by our drawing teacher was doodles. Doodles? That could be anything! Too many...
Please take a peak at yesterday’s post regarding the unpacking of an idea in this semester’s drawing class. You can consider this post as...
At the end of last semester, the drawing teacher gave us some homework. I frankly didn’t understand what he intended to do and he said he...
Born from paintings I saw on a trip to the Dominican Republic (eons ago) and a desire to evolve my People of the land series, I created...
Ok, so there are a few steps added this time. I got zealous and just worked on it, before taking step pictures. The first thing you might...
I now started adding watered down black to show shadows and round out the contours. The effect often pulls forth greater contrasts in the...
Now I’m attacking the contrast and contours, the background, and foreground all at once… I forget how much this can be fun and how much...
I didn’t mention it last post, but I’ve moved the easel to better lighting to work under. In this picture you might be able to notice...
Sorry that it might be hard to see in this image, but I added a dry brushing of whites to start the long process ahead. I also widened...
I filled in the grey of the skin and stood back. Some parts still seem off and I think I know what needs to do next… after I let it dry…...
I seem to always have some urge to paint the backgrounds in obvious colours. I knew the end result wouldn’t show much, if any at all of...
In my mind’s eye, I can see where the light and dark will hit. I would have continued onto the next step, but remembered I promissed to...
Previous Notes on Sawsan’s Elephant This is the rough drawn outline. No erasing, no fussing. The expresion right from my instinct. I...
Last summer I started to redesign Sawsan’s office into a more comfortable space. I got some information from her as to some of the things...
“Quantum physics tells us that nothing that is observed is unaffected by the observer. That statement, from science, holds an enormous...
“Don’t forget to drink water and get sun. You’re basically a houseplant with complicated emotions.” By unknown Simply wisdom and obvious...