It occurred to me that the round three moles will be coming shortly too. Which reminds me, I got the ink for the printer today, so once I install it and print the ATC sized pix, I can mail my mole to Ammon. Soon.
Anyway, at lunch I made a quicky graphite sketch of hubby for Ballookey's pocket and at dinner I made another for Gretchen's pocket in round 3. This one is also 5 x 7 but done on Utrech Bristol. My husband (Keith) has very long white hair that's very curly and was wearing it out like the mane of a lion. Other than the fact that the bristol is stiffer, I could not detect a lot of difference in the quality of the paper. (Usually, I work on whatever is handy, and rarely compare results, but I am making an effort to learn what works best and what I like best, so I can make better purchasing choices in the future.
This image, and the ones in the next post, all enlarge if clicked upon.
7 comments:
Nice piece, Mary. Your husband is your muse, it seems.
I'll be interested to see what it's like to work on the watercolor Moles. I love using goauche, which I can only do in my Mole if I work with semi-dry brushes.
Thanks, Roma.
Well, he slow eating and drinking his beer, so I sit and draw him--almost every night. Or paint him. It is good practice for me.
I like to keep him company, because he works so much. It is our time together.
Love this Mary. One of your best yet of Biker Buddy!
Thanks, Steve. I am trying to learn to make likenesses!!! I can make people, but I can't be consistent, in way where I could say illustrate a book.
I hope it's not true that youc an't teach an old dog new tricks! :-(
I agree with Steve, very nice likeness of Biker Buddy.
I love this one! Love that you photographed it with the tattered edge of the paper, too. You know me... traditionalist. Tactile media. I like to smell the graphite :-)
Excellent likeness, btw.
P.S. His expression makes me smile. It's exactly how he looks right after he's made a wry comment!
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