I like this color combination and the arrangement of the rectangles that comprise the visual elements of this photo. Through the lens of my camera, I’ve been editing the views of pavement for a long time. I realize that some of my photos could be blueprints for wonderful abstract paintings. Looking at the photo below, […]
I haven’t used rough-finished watercolor paper in a while. I remember that I enjoyed working with this texture. To increase the irregularities of the surface, I obtained a spray bottle and some pretzel salt. I applied the pigments as usual, applied the salt and soaked the paper with my nebulizer. Voilá, a nebula!
I took the street photograph below in a derelict parking lot. None of the buildings surrounding the lot were in bad shape, but the painted spaces were worn out. The condition of a white-outlined solid blue square told me that a former handicapped parking spot now welcomed anyone. Here is a portion of that space:
I posted several sketches from a photograph of a very interesting tree I encountered during one of my walks (Texture Study, Bark and Texture, Burl Texture). Below is my rendition of a completely imaginary tree bark complete with burl. I’m thinking of enhancing this with some light watercolor washes.
Most people can identify burl in veneers. In these thin wooden slices, the burl are manifested as intricate round patterns. Burl found in the wild are bulgy wooden growths on the bark of trees. My study below is an examination of the texture of a collection of these growths. I used a thin fiber-nibbed pen […]
A few days ago I did a pen and ink texture study of a very interesting tree I came upon, on one of my walks (see Photo for Texture Study Post). I could not enlarge that photo to capture more fine texture. The photograph below, another picture taken closer to the tree bark, will be […]
This was much more difficult than I imagined. The rough and varied structure of the tree was hard to convert to lines and dots. Usually textures extend over an area where at least three parallel lines can convey a tone of grey. These three lines, if wiggled, can give the impression of a rough or […]
There’s a bit of everything in the bark of this tree. It seems to have its own ecosystem. I think I might zoom in on a couple of different areas to create several studies. There is a diversity of textures here just waiting to be sketched.
I am attracted to street photography (photography of streets and parking lots) in part, because they usually display quite a variety of textures. It is a relatively simple matter to snap a photo of the street, and rather more taxing to reproduce the texture with one’s own hands. Being a person who likes creating by […]
I discovered this right-angled vertex in the same constellation as the vertex from yesterday. One can tell a bit about the painting process from the photo. The blue shows on the white ‘L’ shape, as if foot traffic skuffed some of it away. The white must have been painted over the black at the bottom […]
