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Showing posts with label Sharpie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sharpie. Show all posts
Art in progress
Trying some more new stuff. I think I've decided I shouldn't ever try to draw things that actually look like something (i.e. anything other than abstracts). I drew a swing on this one to see what I thought, and I am still not that great at it. Maybe if I drew 1000 swings I'd get really good, but I don't think I care that much.
This is on the same paper as the organic French curve, and that is what you see little bits of on the left. My canva-paper is kind of huge. And yeah, I know I screwed up the 3D on that one thing at the top, but that's the problem with doing things in Sharpie. Once wrong, gotta live with it! Or completely cover it up... Anyway this is just what I've been up to lately. Not meant to be a final product.
Latest pieces in progress
I took sort of a group picture of the latest items I've been working on. As you can see, one is not finished. The two canvases are, but it seemed easier to just photograph them all together. (Obviously I then changed my mind and took pictures of the finished ones separately as well.) The rest of the stuff is on something called canva-paper, basically canvas that isn't stretched, and it comes in a sort of sketchbook format, with multiple sheets. I'm trying out some new ideas before I commit them to stretched canvas. The ink sinks in much better with actual stretched canvas, but that is for when I've figured out which direction I want to go. I'm aiming for a more organic feel, hence the colors and plantlike emphasis. Hope y'all enjoy!
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| Works in progress |
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| Sketch 7 |
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| Sketch 8 |
Sketches 5 and 6
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| Sketch 5 |
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| Sketch 6 |
I have sort of a vague idea about what to do with all these little bits and pieces. I think I'll get a nice big chunk of canvas, paint it blood-red, then glue these little sketches all over it in a gridlike fashion, with red showing between them. It should be really striking, actually, with many tiny black and white abstracts on top of the red background. I'd do one massive piece in this much detail, but the thought is overwhelming. These little ones are manageable, and I can envision doing a lot of them for cathartic reasons that I later turn into a singular piece.
We shall see how it goes. I also have all these little easels, so I'll probably end up buying a lot more tiny canvases and using those for the ensemble piece while keeping a lot of these still on their own displays. The Widget doesn't care as long as they don't start invading her lounging spot on top of the piano.
Art in progress: Tree in the Garden of Good and Evil [updated]
Obviously I'm not done. But this is what I'm working on tonight! I picked up some new markers, paper and a set of French curves (only used for trunk of tree, all else is freehand). While I do this, Patrick is practicing the guitar. Happy early Christmas, darlin'. (This might not have been clear before: the guitar is Patrick's early Christmas present. We picked it out together yesterday, along with a strap, case and book.)
That'll be it for tonight. I can only do this for so long before I start making mistakes. Fortunately when you're using Sharpies, most of those errors are easily correctable, but I don't want to make ones that are not! I'll update this post when I do more work on the tree. Have a good night, everyone!
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| As usual, click for the larger/clearer version |
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| After another hour or so of work, my hands are tired! |