Debbi Friedman’s Blog

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Latest Drawing is complete!

Filed under: colored pencil,Rock still-life — Debbi @ 11:39 am

finished-rocks-in-bowl

I think this drawing is finished!  It’s larger (14.5 x 19.5 inches) and more finished than the previous drawings in the stones series, and I’m very happy with the outcome.   I would probably still be working on the background had I not switched from paper to Rtistx board for a surface.  I used a lot of watersolubles to lay down initial layers of color, and tried to let the variations (specifically  in the background) show through for some movement and basically a less neat and/or perfect look.   It was a lot of fun to draw the water in the bowl and what happens between the rocks and the lighting, which I may play around with in future pieces.  But for now I think I’m going to move onto trying out some ideas in oils.

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