Failed Blind Drawing
The blind drawing below is unintelligible in parts. This reminds me of some of my earlier attempts at this technique. I don’t know what happened, unless my mind (and hand) wandered.
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The Artist Who Mistook His Subject’s Hat For A Face
Sometimes the process of blind drawing leads to epic fails. For instance, the misplacement of the man’s hat in the sketch below. I don’t remember the sequence of my pen strokes, but I did go back (in a sighted way) to re-outline the hat. I try not to shy away from fails.
Practice: Clouds at Different Heights with Blue Sky
This was an attempt to combine clouds with blue skies. First, I used liquid latex to mask areas for the clouds, then I painted the blue sky. I knew that the sharp edges around the mask would need to be soften, as clouds are soft. On some of the edges, I added water, before the […]
Trouble
Today’s (almost aborted) watercolor experiment: Having worked for the past several days on painting studies of real leaves and trees, I thought I would delve into the abstract. My plan was to use my latex resist, pour out a leaf-like design, let it dry, experiment with colors on the uncovered paper, remove the resist and proceed based […]
