It's also near-impossible to make a finished piece while bouncing up and down, dealing with customers (lovely customers! I mean it! They wear such awesome clothes...) so I use the time for brainstorming and trying out new tools.
Yesterday, I did this with a set of watercolor graphite pencils:
The pencils were very easy to use, and required almost no water. The effects I got-- on some frankly awful paper, and with just a few tablespoons of water and one thin brush-- were like ink wash, without the constant danger of emblackening everything on my table.
I'm still working up the picture-- it's a rare one that's worth saving, I think, so I'm trying to save it (for reproduction, not original sale. It really is horrible paper.). So feedback is welcome!
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Cool picture, and neat that the watercolor graphic pencils work so nicely.
Feedback on the picture: I love the Medusa head. It's grotesque just as it should be. The foreground snake and the Medusan eyes are particularly effective. Work to be done: The hand holding it up is rather Thorpian and languid. I think there should be more of a feeling of exuberance, as well as a differently angled posture.
I don't WANT exuberance, actually. I want Athena to be creepy and not-right.
Interesting that you notice the hand first. Thanks!
Hi! You posted on my blog A LONG TIME AGO about a book and I'm so sorry to just be getting back to you! I DO plan to make more journals like the one you commented on. I plan to allow folks to select their own words to include in the panel. I'll let you know when I get to that!
The Managing Your Mind journal was just a random thrift store find. I love serendipity! If I come across anything like it again, I'll contact you. Or if YOU do, send it to me and I'll fix you up. :) Thanks for the encouragement!
Cindy
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