The technique I used for this drawing was a little different from usual. It still has the base rough drawing in Liquid Pencil, then the detail created in coloured pencil and graphite, but instead of using permanent Liquid Pencil, which once dry cannot be altered, I used the rewettable version. This meant that I could make the base drawing much looser, and then wash away marks I didn’t require, or ones that were too heavy. The downside of this is that not every mark can be removed, so in places there are faint tonal marks – at first this bothered me, then I decided I actually quite liked the effect, it added texture to the background which normally is kept very clean. In the above image this is not obvious, but it will be clear in the detail images shown below.
The inspiration for this drawing was a tiny flower which had multiple heads springing from a central axis, so I exploited this form and took it into a more abstract composition.
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Wow, these are beautiful
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Thanks Rosie!
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There is such a lot to see in your artworks. It is rather like spotting creatures in clouds.
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Thanks Vivienne – I like that idea! Did you know there was a name for that, pareidolia!
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Your tiny flower inspiration, under your hand, has morphed into a scary plant. The petals, to me, are organ-like. Is this a devouring creature or one that has itself been devoured? Very surreal in a Salvador Dali way.
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It is very fleshy isn’t it – I became aware of that more when I was photographing it than when I was doing the drawing. I also realised I have been working a lot in the same colour palette of reds and purples. Definitely time for a change!
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These are wonderful and gnarly! They remind me of fleshy tubers that could be used to heal some interior part of the body.
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That’s a wonderful response Jana! I love the idea of this being for healing.
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