Skulls on Canson Mi-Tientes paper
I’m posting a photo of the new progress on my drawing. I wasn’t going to share it this soon, but I decided I like the ghostly quality of the skunk skull. It’s a little tricky combining these two skulls, as I only have the animal skull in my possession and had to work from a photograph for the owl skull. I took that photo while on vacation in Arizona last February. While signing up for a trail ride, I noticed several wonderful skulls in the ranch office. The wrangler told me he had found this particular skull in a wash, and it had probably been there quite some time, as it was quite weather-beaten.
Wow! This just keeps getting better! All of those nooks and crannies, and fragile looking sub-structures… what great subjects these skulls make! I also really like how your paper choice lends itself so well to “becoming” the surface that the skulls sit on.
Very cool.
Comment by LizP — Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 11:26 pm
Yes, I’m happy about the choice of paper as well. I had so much fun working on the little beach stones piece (for the CPSA silent auction) which also used the paper as the background that I decided to use it again. I think it adds so much to the drawing. Thanks for your comments, Liz!
Comment by Debbi — Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 12:14 am