Week 27: KM, EM, Jean & MP

 Week 27 -  The penultimate prompt for 2020

That's right, I have decided that this weeks prompt 'Point' will be the second-to-last in 2020's drawing prompt series. I will post the final prompt tomorrow as I have been running late this week and busy preparing for the AGRA Medallion exhibition and delivering to the VAS Little Treasures. I have been on the road a lot this week! So anyway, lets have a look at some of your works:

KM: Which point are you?

KM is always coming up with intriguing ideas and concepts with these prompts. She has been thinking about all the different sayings that have a 'point' to them - and so she made up a point wheel with descriptions of personality types. Rather like the Myer-Briggs personality testing. The different shades of colors in each quadrant reflect the 'shades' of your personality type. This is a clever and fun concept KM!

'Which Point are You' by KM

EM: Two Points of View

EM has given us two different concepts - I like them both so will show them. 

The first is a 'Needle Point' drawing. 110gsm A5 Art Studio cartridge paper. The fabric and needle are drawn in graphite F and 4B and the colored embroidery in Prismacolour pencils. Graphite rubbed with felt has created the soft grey background that sets off the linen. This is a fun little drawing. The faint line work in the cloth create a good linen effect and the shading on the cross stitch is well observed. The needled threading through the linen gives it a nice 3D touch.

The second is a landscape work created with a Sharpie Texta and watercolor on 300gsm CP Mont Marte Artist paper. EM tells me that the quality of the Mont Marc paper has improved since they have changed paper factories. Originally there was to be a hot air balloon in this work but the ink step went a bit awry, so the work was trimmed to become a landscape with a bird. The lovely soft watercolor washes work well, and the adult and child scene is charming. Be careful on physical proportions in future EM, the adult's pointing arm is too long. The recession of the background has been handled well as has the loose ink linework.  Good save!

 

'Needle Point' by EM

'Look' by EM

Jean: Hoodoos, Bryce Canyon

The fabulous Hoodoos of Bryce Canyon in Utah was Jean's choice for 'Point' this week. She has used mixed media of Derwent Graphitint and watercolor pencil washes with Staedtler Mars Lumograph pastel pencils in sepia light and dark and sanguine on Arches 300gsm cold press. A few touches of white pastel are added but not very obvious.

The Hoodoos are fantastic natural sandstone columns created by irregular weathering and erosion. I have been there and seen them and Jean has done an excellent job interpreting these. It is difficult to get an impression of the height and scale of these structures in your drawing Jean - sometimes you need to consider adding a point of reference such as a tree or human figure to convey the scale. The colors, shapes and forms work well - it is very like Bryce!

'Hoodoos' by Jean

MP: Gum leaves

No international travel for MP, a walk to her local park was far enough for her to take inspiration from the pointed leaves of a gum tree. Drawn on Canson 300gsm CP, under drawing in HB graphite followed by indenting on the leave to create white veins. Over this she has applied washes of Prismacolor water color pencils and then finished off with Prismacolor Premier pencils for detail and color impact. 

And very nicely drawn it is! Beautiful layering of pencils to build up the colors of the leaves. Soft grey shadows to 'lift' the leaves off the page. The only thing I would consider adding to this is some magenta/red subtle linework to some of the leaf edges and twig as gum leaves usually have a touch of magenta to them. Overall a great study, well done.

'Gum Leaves' by MP

Terrific work by all of you!