An Art Work A Day

Yesterday and today I have worked hard on chicks. I'll show you more results bit by bit over the weekend. What I chose to show you today is one with 3 chicks. I like it because they turned out having so strong personalities that I made up a whole story about them. The one on your left is a shy chick only wanting to be allowed to play with the others. The middle one is a tough guy, the kind that goes around with the hands deep into the pockets, shoulders slumped and a genral air of "who cares". The last one - the one on your right I find to look quite mean, the type that enjoys intrigue and stirring up trouble and making others get hurt. He prefers though that others do the deeds itself - he prefers to pull treads and pour poison around. LOL as you can see I have the whole start of a story here.

"Let us get him"
ink on shuen paper
approx 15x20cm
price not decided yet







This other painting is of a bird I nearly did not believe really existed when I first saw paintings of them. Now I know better and am very faschinated by the kingfisher species. I've been collecting reference phtoos for a while and will robably focus on it one day soon.

I tried wetmounting these and a few ACEO chicks. It is way harder than it looks. The rice paper shrank so I've learned that I have to mount it on the same kind of paper when wet mounting. Getting the air bubbles out without damaging the very thin paper is also very difficult. Well, I guess I will be better in time.




Kingfisher
ink on rice paper
approx 13x14 cm
nfs ( not good enough)

Here I present you with two very different images. One detailed and one where I have lalowed the ink to "bleed" much more into the paper. nfs

As told you yesterday I would show you the deer studies I did in ink on shuen paper during the last days - some are ok, some not so ok but all are parts of a learning experience. Two of them are done after instructions on youtube. Definately not as easy as it seems when watching a pro doing it hehe.

The acrylics is my way of trying to show an autumn scene late in the evening.

This near abstract deer ended up looking likea lama hehe

And this one truned definately out more like a reindeer.

here is the first one made by using yourtube instruction

and here is the second., a pair

I do hope that me showing also my studies and work that shows me learning but not totally "there" yet inspires those readers that like me " could not draw or paint even if their life depended on it". Find a crayon, a pen, a encil or a brush and just have a go. Your should have seen some of my first tries - let's just say that any animal turned out a transgenic and not on purpose. LOL

Calm Sunday here where I washed my windows on the outside. Very much needed since I washed the walls before painting them.