I’ve been experimenting with a new medium since Christmas. Higher quality oil pastels using my old oil painting brushes and turpentine to blend. The first couple got kind of muddy, but it’s starting to get better especially since I started spending more time on the under drawing. Here is one of the first couple I’ve done, a picture of Baby E and Baby L playing together:
Posted in New Pieces
There’s a question I keep turning around in my head. What value do my drawings bring to the viewer, beyond what can be provided by a photograph? Working from life, this never worried me-I was capturing a moment that hadn’t yet been captured. Now working from photographs, I’m struggling with how to add value to an image that has already been captured. The color pieces still have a long way to go-still too muddy and still too close to the original image.
With black and whites, (or chocolate and cream, or sienna and cream) however, I think I’m starting to find some success by focusing on the lighting. There is a spark to Baby E that is flattened by the camera flash. So here is my latest attempt.
Posted in New Pieces, Process
A new drawing.
Posted in New Pieces
Derwent drawing pencils blend with turpenoid! Which means my current two favorite media will combine in more ways than I ever thought possible.The vine charcoal was making a muddy mess, so I was using the Derwent drawing to just sketch out an oil pastel piece. When I went to blend the first layer of pastels, the drawing pencil marks bled right into the rest of the piece. Not sure where this is going to go, but I think it’s going to be fun.
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The drawing and painting parent pages are fixed up to include thumbnails of each drawing/painting. It’s such a nice feeling of accomplishment to figure things like this out.
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It’s been a good month. My husband took Baby E for an entire day, and I was able to finish several pieces and get them posted to the site. It’s amazing how much I can accomplish when I know time is limited. The newer stuff is my cousin’s baby, and it is a relief to realize that I can draw someone different. Also added is a picture of my sister, Rachel. The eyes on that one are too big, which I think means I’ve spent too much time drawing babies.
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The drawing pages have been updated with some of my latest work. Enjoy!
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So the current series is kind of on the DL until after Christmas…so sorry for the lack of recent updates. Please check back soon…
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I created this website as a place to collect and display my artwork, but the photo at the top of this site was not taken by me. It was taken by Arthur Greenman, my husband’s grandfather. Grandpa passed away this past summer, so I thought it was a fitting tribute to have his work grace the top of my website. This is one of thousands of beautiful photographs he took over the course of his life. Grandpa worked with a wide range of camera and lens types, and loved to experiment with new effects and the latest technology. The full image of this picture appears below.
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I posted a short story, In Which Jimmy is Pushed Too Far. It’s the first in a series about a deranged elementary school. It’s password protected for now, so please email me for the password.
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