Trying…, originally uploaded by Gothbunny.
Trying to capture someone else’s style. Not to steal it, but to understand it. Apologies to Joshua Middleton. (http://joshuamiddleton.com/)
I was also playing around with hatching techniques. …. to no avail.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
I am now the proud owner of a four-drawer card catalogue. Considering it does indeed go from A to Z I will proudly alphabetize my miscellaneous art supplies in it. “R-P” currently contains Pens and Pencils. J is the owner, now, of a 15 drawer catalogue with a two-drawer file stand. They will likely be taken apart, as it seems they were once cobbled together. His, however, is much older, and the catalogue drawers are dove-tailed and fully wood. Mine have wood fronts (and brass fittings!), but the inner-drawers are plastic. …. Can some librarian tell me, please, why are there inch and centimeter markings on the edges of the drawers?
I can’t imagine, although I must somehow get it done, how I’m going to complete another self portrait while I’m so sick. Great. I did do touch ups on my last one (which I posted here) and the head finally looked downwards. I got very high marks for it as well, which made me feel a touch better about how it turned out. The eyes were still too light and need to be shaded down. I’m going to have to bring a sturdy folder and extra fixative to the studio next week and give it a spray during break so I can truck it back home safely without it getting bent. It’s currently sitting in the school’s flat-files, but it’s not as if I don’t have flat files here to stow it in.
Self Portrait, originally uploaded by Gothbunny.
Assigned, this time. The assignment was to do a self portrait with strong, single-source lighting. I know the ears are too high, but my head was tilted down slightly…. sadly, it looks weird so I’m going to have to try to elongate them to compensate. The collar bone also looks odd, so I’m going to be back and fix that today also.
… a little better…
I’m missing half of my art supplies, but with two pencils and half an eraser, I did get this far. I need some serious touch-ups once I have my hands on my 1/8″ vinyl stick eraser, 4H pencil, and an Ebony.
Yeah – it’s that time of year again, introspective time.
