NEW WORKS FROM THE STUDIO OF ART BY WENDY
Bailey is another of my Christmas secrets and one I thought you would enjoy seeing. She is a real sweetie as a pet but a real challenge to draw. Creating 'white' with a gray medium seems almost like an oxymoron. I use to use a background when faced with this problem (many animals are white or have large white areas) but I wanted to do more. I have been studying this idea and working with it. I drew sheep, flowers (not happy with them at all) and even tried a swan, a real symbol of 'white'. It was quite a voyage of discovery.
How do you create 'white' without relying on a background? For me it seemed to come down to a few things: use lots of 'other' drawing tools that aren't pencils: paintbrushes, stumps, and a chamois; putting graphite down and then lifting it off; and establishing a real dark and ranging all my values from there. I feel I have solutions but I am always looking for more.
Have a great day.
As always, prints and cards of any of my work are available starting at $3.50.
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| BAILEY - 7 X 9 - Sold |
How do you create 'white' without relying on a background? For me it seemed to come down to a few things: use lots of 'other' drawing tools that aren't pencils: paintbrushes, stumps, and a chamois; putting graphite down and then lifting it off; and establishing a real dark and ranging all my values from there. I feel I have solutions but I am always looking for more.
Have a great day.
As always, prints and cards of any of my work are available starting at $3.50.
5 comments:
What a little sweetie,you caught the white not easy to do!
Beautiful drawing Wendy.
Wendy, Bailey is just adorable! You really did a fabulous job of creating white!!!!!
To my eye, you have captured Bailey very well!
Thank you ladies, Bailey was a fun project and really taught me more about drawing 'white' with graphite.
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