Unbelievable that this took the entire afternoon. Detail of Untitled Unfinished Drawing, 2013, Brenda Clews, 28.5cm x 42cm, 11 1/4" x 16 1/2", graphite, India ink, copper, silver and gold leaf in a Moleskine A3 Sketchbook.
Not the best lighting perhaps, but I'm tired, and took about 30 photos and this one will have to do for now.
I had intended to paint it, quite lightly so as not to disturb its quality, but looking at it on a table-top easel, and re-considering, I may only ink in the pencil lines with the grey ink the man is in. Below is the original full sketch, drawn a month ago. Paper in a Moleskine is a pale creamy yellow, as in the painting (albiet it's a bit darker but I used daylight bulbs and what you see was the closest I could get to the original), so I must have over colour-corrected the sketch.
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I think it is amazing that it only took an afternoon. Excellent and very beautiful, Brenda.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathryn, I really appreciate your comment. I did the drawing a few weeks ago and today began to apply the leaf, which is very fragile, and which took hours. Can't believe the day is gone. Lol. You know about that!
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