Four more join the 'Too Hard Club'
As I said, this was a difficult prompt, but it was great to see some more works flowing in yesterday. Although many have found the theme was a struggle, these artists perservered and pushed through. Each has used a different medium with different techniques creating wonderful results.
JD
JD says she was going to pass this one up, thinking it was too difficult and spent a day or two 'Kondo-ing' her cupboards instead. 😀 In the end, she found an Instagram image of a wheat field at sunset as a reference and gave it a go. Using Faber Castel colour pencils and some HB she has created nice image in her Windsor Newtion 200gsm visual diary.
I am very pleased she did not 'give up' as the result is a luminous view of sunset clouds. JD feels that the depth in the clouds is lacking as she found layering and building up the colours with the FC pencils unsatisfactory. (Q. Did you put a hard board under the paper - or try to draw on the cushioned pad of the visual diary? That can make a difference to the 'give' of the paper and how much you can layer the pencil.) I think JD is being a bit too hard on herself as I feel she has caught the glowing colours well. A bit of dark purple or Plum colour may have increased the depth in the shadows.
Also, JD says she felt she needed to use the black pencil for the wheat field in sillouhette. I agree that was the right choice for this effect - but maybe some of that dark purple/plum could overlay the dark and graduate up into the stalks?
This is a good work JD, well done for perservering
'Wheat Field at Sunset' by JD
K
Brrrr - its' been a miserable few cold and wet days here in Lock-Down Melbourne and this has inspired K to create this quick sketch in graphite pencil on Canson 220gsm drawing paper. She hasn't told me where it is, perhaps the old RSL building in Mentone? Or is it the view from her flat in Richmond? No matter, with this work she has captured the Gothic gloom of our current weather and social situation.
A lovely atmospheric sketch.
'Wet Saturday' by K
Jean
A sunset camel ride on Cable Beach, Broome was Jean's chosen subject for the challenge. She has used Mi-tiens black pastel paper with Stabillo Carbethello pastel pencils. Her approach was to draw the positive colours, letting the black of the paper show through to create the camel shapes and shadows and depth in the water and colours. A tricky thing to try and Jean makes a good effort.
Jean says she had trouble with the camel legs and had to tweak them a bit - I assume she means with a black pastel (?) but it still works well. I especially love how the she has achieved the darker foreground and camel shadows in the water enhanced by some sparkling reflections.
I would suggest that you invest in a few softer pastels as well Jean, to tip on top of the Carbethello at the end . This would add brightness to the drawing that you cannot get with Carbethello. A good soft white and maybe a light yellow would help make the sun and reflection pop.
You are congratulated for this drawing Jean - it is not an easy way to work and the image you have created is quite expressive and has a great mood.
'Camels at Sunset' by Jean
Don
Last, but certainly not the least, Don has been experimenting with creating skies and clouds in graphite. With a 5B graphite, blending paper stump and eraser Don has created a cloud scape in his Windsor Newton Visual diary. The effect he has achieved is very 'cloud' and is a good result. Although we have used a similar technique in our class, Don watched a YouTube video to help him. I have asked for the link and will update later. Don spent a good hour drawing these fluffy Cumulus clouds and he says he gave his eraser a real workout! As I said, a very good result - one tip - Don could also have used a bit of BlueTack to lift out areas that needed lightening without the hard white created by the eraser.
'Cumulus Clouds' by Don
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