Thanks to Shawn for lending me his camera yesterday. I got a few more shots of works-in-progress. Yesterday seemed a bit more focused and the majority of the drawings I saw were going very well. Some of those were continuations of the previous day and some were new beginnings that will likely be continuations today.
Michelle took on the actual "cave hill." There was a focus on the cave entrance and she began working in the landscape around it, keeping the textures active. It was a good start that might benefit from another day to build up the darker areas and to further push those textural passages.
Kim was harder to find than the rest, but I finally located her in the eastern side of the cemetery. She had gravitated to a particular tree that was loaded with bright yellow tassels, and she was taking advantage of the intense contrast of her paper and those fiery colors.
Greg found a more panoramic point-of-view down by the lake. He was using the prisma color sticks that he found a little frustrating on the black paper as the colors are not opaque enough to to bring out a lot of contrast. At the very end of the day he started working white over the colors and that seemed to give the image some punch. Maybe he'll continue with that today.
It looks like the weather is going to be cooperative today, but you might stay fairly close to your cars in case one of those out-of-no-where storms show up. It'll be warm again so I'm bringing some cold beverages...no, not Bud Light, water. This will be out last venture into Cave Hill so make the best of it. Two finished drawings out of the three cemetery days will be an excellent showing for having braved the heat. It mentioned int he paper this morning that the average temp for this time of year is 83, and we've been drawing in 10 degree hotter weather. Use this last day to pull your work together.
See you soon.
I was in the Scattering Garden. Just me and the swan, Very peacful but I learned on thing and that is that I do NOT enjoy working with oil pastels. I think I have a mess.
ReplyDeleteI gave mine away after last summer. LOL Then Brian told me I needed more this semester. Hey, Brian, maybe it's our technique with those. Possibly Monday in class we could learn a bit more on how to maneuver them a bit on paper? I find I get either a very 'crayony' effect or a mess. Never a happy medium.
ReplyDeleteConnie, if you search "oil pastel drawing" and then go to the top of the page and click on "video", you'll be able to look at many different approaches to working with this medium. If you don't like the results you're getting, change your process, try a different way of working with them, look at how others have worked with them. When we've looked at drawings in class, those who have used oil pastels each have a unique approach that is unlike the others. There is no right way or wrong way. If you're getting a 'crayony' effect it might be that you're using them like crayons, try using them like oils. Push them into each other, but be mindful of the colors you're using. If your using colors that create a "mess", make note of that and try other combinations. Monday, BTW, is scheduled for individual critiques over the series.
ReplyDeleteOK! OK! I'll try the blasted oil pastels on Thursday! :) So, where is that cave? I wouldn't mind a shot at that.
ReplyDeleteJust a reminder about the Student to Student critique tomorrow. We decided the other day to have it as a tail gate where we decide to meet tomorrow. Either the Falls or Cave Hill. Be there at 12 if you want to partake. And just a reminder, it doesn't need to be on your series if you're comfortable with that. It can be of your sketchbook, class drawings such as our current landscapes, etc. Hope to see you all there!
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