Good morning all.
It's been a quiet sort of week here. One drawing in ink finished, and a few sketches for some planned works in the future. But not much progress otherwise. However, a couple of you have been keeping busy with these Covid Challenges.
DH is the first of you to submit something for the 'Fabric' challenge. I am very pleased with what DH has done. There is a bit of unfortunate camera flash on the image - this will sometimes happen when there is dense graphite as graphite is a reflective surface. But I can see beyond that flash to appreciate how well DH has observed the bumps, folds and valleys of the scrunched up tea-towel.
If you watched the video in the initial Fabrics post, you would have seen how the placement of very dark black on the edges of the folds works. DH has used that technique here and is quite successful. I also like how he has concentrated on creating the shadows and folds and how the striped pattern reinforces these curves and bumps.
DH was worried that he had gone to dark in the central (flashed) area, but I say no! Maybe could be even darker... maybe. But I think this is a very good observational drawing of fabric, and well done DH.
'Tea-towel Study' by DH
Hey there GW - great to see you here and drawing! GW has been working on her yellow studies, as well as oval drawing and has created this sweet drawing of spring daffodils. One of my favorite spring flowers.
GW has used a cartridge paper visual diary to create this work. Layering can get tricky on this sort of paper as the pencil fills and flattens the surface quickly. There is a little bit of 'bump' created by layering on this paper and I would like to see her try something on a 300gsm hot press - as this is a nice work and deserves to be on better paper!
I really like the range of hues she has used to build up her yellows and the final orange center. As well, the overlapping petals and the shapes are nicely observed. I would like to see GW use a yellow in her green first and then maybe a bit of blue or darker green to create form in the stem. Next time! Overall this is another good study and I am really pleased with her use of layers and build up of the yellow hues.
'Daffodil' by GW
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Inktober is coming!
It's looming - INKTOBER! A drawing a day in ink. Register or go on line, the prompt list for October is up and running so you can begin today. I will be participating here on the blog, maybe you would like to join along? Anyone can do it, it is a lot of fun - and you don't 'need' to post your work - just draw for your own enjoyment. You can read all about Inktober HERE
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