Today I did my usual little bit of blog hopping and stumbled upon Cathy's latest post. I too had signed up for Heart of Art, with Tam but as yet had not gotten round to doing anything. The last two days I have met a creative block, two projects I had in mind were proving difficult for various reasons. One project is something I simply sorta made up in my head but like all experiments things didn't work quite how I planned and I found I needed to put it to one-side until I was able to get to town again to get supplies. The second one didn't even get to the experimental stage simply because when i found out what I needed to acheive the desired result I didn't have those either!
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| original photo of me! |
Downhearted I started to watch one of Tam's tutorials, if i couldn't do what I wanted then at least I could learn something. So inspired by what I watched I started to sketch a whimsical style face from a picture of me on the wall. I quite liked the sketch and decided maybe I would try out some water color crayons I had been given. Not wanting to waste my last canvas if it didn't work I decided to do it on watercolor paper. i have used the crayons before but not properly with water. A couple of hours later i emerged with this, feeling quite pleased! It's not 'finished' by a long stretch but I am fairly happy with what I've learned from this piece:1. maybe next time try over Gesso on canvas; 2. be a little more confident with the crayons and the layering; 3. watch Tam's tutorial again to make sure there's no technique I've missed! Of course I haven't even started the background, that's for the next one! Also not sure of proportions, not quite right, but again next one!
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| First draft! |
Hi Rona! Thanks for your email! I am so happy to hear I inspired you to try those crayons! Love this first draft! I really felt like I had more control over the face shading. And this time I had more patience for layering on the face! Good for you! Looking forward to seeing it all done! Thanks for the shout out! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Cathy! Thank YOU! Yes I felt much more in control with the crayons and the water! Tomorrow I am going to start one on canvas. Just put the gesso on so should be ready in the morning! I just got some matte medium which I might use to 'seal' my sketch, I hate it when the graphite smudges, that's just me!
ReplyDeletegreat job rona!! so fun to see you trying new things and it's always fun to see a self portrait!! xoxo
ReplyDeletegreat job ro! and forget "practice", think of it as "playing" :) it's lovely seeing this as your avi on fb! xx
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