Sunday 16 February 2014

FACE NO 16 FOR 29 FACES FEBRUARY 2014

SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY - FACE NO 16

Pitt Artists Pen - by Jez
This is my first attempt at cross hatching.  I can't say I am particularly pleased with it, but I am pleased that I attempted it because it is way out of my comfort zone.  What I am pleased with is the fact that I have attempted it.

One of my favourite blogs is Coreopsis at Occasional Musings and Scratchings, where I am always entranced by the skill and artistry of the cross-hatched shading.  Do visit the site and see how different the work is, just marvellous - my inspiration to give it a try.


You can see quite clearly on my sketch that I have used a ruler to draw the hatching lines. the reason being that I have a wobbly hand, and there is no way I could draw straight lines.  I shall try to be brave enough to draw freehand next time I do hatching, and not worry about wiggly lines, to see what emerges.


This was my original sketch, from an Egyptian painting in a history book, and at this stage I was happy and liked it.  It was a real challenge to me to start drawing hatching lines on it and 'spoiling' it.  You can just see faint pencil lines where I decided to draw the shading lines.

Another thing I'm pleased with is the number of 'comfort zones' I'm taking on, thanks to Martha at Ayala Art who challenges us with '29 Faces'.

Linking to29 FACES FEBRUARY 2014AYALA ART

8 comments:

  1. Good work, and always good to try something new. Valerie

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  2. Great adventure with cross hatching, especially with a face. Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  3. Wow, Jez, I think you should be VERY please with it! I could never do anything like this!

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  4. Great drawing Jez. The composition and ink work are very good.

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  5. This looks very time consuming but the end result was worth it.

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  6. I find cross hatching very scary, when I do it I am never happy with the results, you have used it really well here Jez, it adds impact to your design and suits the black and white image, very impressive.

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  7. Bravo to you for trying so many different techniques. It looks good to me. I've never tried the crosshatching.

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  8. This looks great! And congrats for trying new things all the time!

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