See T'Hed Forty-Five for more of this ramble... deflating... squiggly...erratic...blowing-away...fear... I'm not sure what happened here, but I like how loose and free it feels. This is closer to what I want to achieve in paint... I remember feeling a little different while drawing it though... another sign that I should listen to my instincts … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Six: Loose Lines
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Five: On the Verge of emotions…
See T'Hed Forty-Four for more of this expletive... Seeking intensity, the protagonist allowed himself to get red with anger and then started laughing at his preposterous attempts... laughing so hard that his face got even more red. Time to get back behind the curtain and let the creativity develop as much as it can... I'm … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Five: On the Verge of emotions…
Working out and Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Four: Rambling brain
See T'Hed Forty-Three for more on this tale... Seeing himself in yellow, he decided he lacked gravitas and seriousness... "Orange feels more intense and my words must grow in the minds of my viewers, so green for the mouth..." On and on goes the thoughts of out hero-narrator, focusing on superficial details with great zeal; … Continue reading Working out and Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Four: Rambling brain
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Three: Narrator Mode, or Behind the curtain…
See T'Hed Forty-Two for more of this story... Somewhere between fantasy and reality resides the characters one sees on the page. The narrator forgot his impossible necks and winding storylines for a moment (or two) and we see a glimpse of what things might look like behind the curtain of his imagination; himself, sort of. … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Three: Narrator Mode, or Behind the curtain…
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Two: The Danger of Zigs and Zags
See T'Hed Forty-One for more of the story... Our hero, full of overconfidence, attempt too many zigs and zags... here we see him turning green from his rapid movements and almost losing his head... The ever-loyal floating blocks stay in-line with his upright orientation, despite the slanting of the landscape... Perhaps it's time for the … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-Two: The Danger of Zigs and Zags
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-One: Time to Tilt a Whirl
See T'Hed Forty for more on this story... The protagonist is in full control of his narrative now and only has a clear intention for the time being... he wants to turn the world on its ear... well, maybe on his ear... either way, it appears to be a moment t for us to look … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Forty-One: Time to Tilt a Whirl
Creative Blocks – Goya Squares Continued
Quite some time ago, before Covid... my drawing teacher asked us to do what he called Goya Squares. The premise is that he cut of (photocopies) of famous Goya etchings into 1" squares; we were to take between one to three of them, place them on a large white sheet of paper and draw outwards … Continue reading Creative Blocks – Goya Squares Continued
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Eighteen
See T'Hed Seventeen for previous progressions... Seventeen inspired me to return to fewer faces in my composition and I stopped and contemplated for some time before adding the second small face. I feel the two-face arrangement feels the best, but that is always changing for me... arg and yay! I felt a preoccupation with the … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Eighteen
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Seventeen
See T'Hed Sixteen for previous progressions... This one was drawn on a wonderfully rich, Sienna-orange paper that I felt could allow for some fun contrasts with oil pastels... I didn't want to hide the paper, so I chose to make fewer and bigger faces that it could shine through with. I also felt I could … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Seventeen
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Sixteen
See T'Hed Fifteen for previous progressions... As mentioned in the previous post, I wanted a more monochrome feel to it and was a little worried about what using black would do to the visibility of the lines of the drawing... As it turns out, needn't have worried, as the lines jump out... especially since I … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Sixteen
The New Renaissance Mindset 