Icarus 5 x 7"

I played around with this sketch I started for the fundraiser and I really like the results!

I promise, I checked the white balance when I photographed this. And it's still yellow!

I dug this out today after working on a new painting during the morning. I began adding the strands of circular marks right before I quit for the day. My last few drawings were too light. And here I am really trying to develop some good darks as well as some subtlety and depth in the darker values. But I am as of yet unsatisfied with the black color I get once the India ink dries.

sketches

Pictured above are some small 5 x 7" inklets that I am working on for a fundraising event. The Foundry Art Centre's Off the Wall happens March 22- if you're in St. Charles, Missouri, check it out. You may snag some nice art for cheap.

Revisited

Yes, yes, yes. This exposure is horribly yellow. I'm lazy. It is in focus - a problem that I am slowly working out. It feels so good to get into the studio to work on something I know won't make it into the grad school portfolio. I feel so free (and happy). I had the thought to stitch some of the paper I have laying around. And while I was dragging it out, I happened upon some past failed drawings. I began ripping them with the idea of attaching them to fresh pieces of paper and beginning again. By ripping off either the left or right edge, I was left with the basic composition above, and I liked it so much I began working back into it. I think my older drawings are too light mostly because I felt I couldn't reverse the ink marks I was laying down on the white paper. But I am going for it...if I want to lighten up the darker areas I am creating I think I will collage some fresh paper into the piece. Ahhh, freedom.

Done