SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY - FACE NO 16
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| Pitt Artists Pen - by Jez |
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 2014, AYALA ART
Good work, and always good to try something new. Valerie
ReplyDeleteGreat adventure with cross hatching, especially with a face. Annette x
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Wow, Jez, I think you should be VERY please with it! I could never do anything like this!
ReplyDeleteGreat drawing Jez. The composition and ink work are very good.
ReplyDeleteThis looks very time consuming but the end result was worth it.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteBravo to you for trying so many different techniques. It looks good to me. I've never tried the crosshatching.
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! And congrats for trying new things all the time!
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