OK, I finally scanned it and my disatisfaction has abated. The critic does settle down after a while. Pencil on mylar is thicker and smudgier than on paper and much less amenable to shading strokes. Watercolour pencil is lovely but takes a long time to dry if you use too much water.
Next week we are exploring looser, less scientific botanical styles which will be good for the draughtsman in me.
1 comment:
Hi Lesley,
I was so pleased to see your wonderful drawing of the orange gerbera posted here on your blog. The photograph is indeed beautiful, but the drawing is much more soulful and truly gerberesque. It was a delight reading your blog -- I found it reflective, well-written and poetic.
And so interesting to see the Grade 10 photograph -- as I recall, this photograph travelled about for years in my mother's wallet -- it seems like me, and yet, so many years and molecule changes later, in many ways it is as if it were a photograph of someone else altogether.
Wonderful to have you in the class!
Jan
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