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Le Atelier de la Cuillere Tordue

Finally I have completed the studio. From this point on this will be home to many works of art that will be featured on this blog.

The aquarium will eventually have fish and from time to time there will be a drop cloth to cover the floor from paint spills.

The couch is for resting, which I often like to do. For now, my cat is keeping the couch warm.

Until next time, when I advance Highlights on Black...

I am Moving!

I apologize for the lack of updates, but I am in the middle of moving to a new location that will offer me more room to create artwork. Of course, first things first... I will post photos of the new studio and then I will post a continuation of Highlights on Black...

Until next time...

Highlights on Black - Process 6

At the end of the day Sunday, this is what I have finished thus far. For some reason I am incredibly terrified of doing their faces. Not sure why. This is the whole board:



And the detail that I have finished on Sunday. I don't very much like the way the old man's hand turned out, which probably means that I am going to have to find a way to redo that area without undoing the areas around it. The jumper turned out great and the fence to the right is not half bad either.



Tuesday is a day off, but I will be at the polls. If you have not done so, please go vote. Until next time...

Highlights on Black - Process 5

Ok... So after a week, this is what I have accomplished so far. The shirt on the Grandpa came out quite nicely, but I can't say they same for the hands of both, the child and the man... I really need to improve my figure drawing... I had to improvise here in order to make everything fit into the designated scale square...

It's not bad, however, it could be a tad better...



And this is the detail shot of the shirt and the child's arm:



Until next time...

Highlights on Black - Process 4

I apologize for the lack of updates, I have been busy with other work, not art related.

After working today for a good part of the afternoon, this is what I have finished.



I suppose I am thankful for the large white areas, but wow... do they take a lot of white colored pencil. The grandfathers finger continues to be a point of struggle, this is the second time I had to erase it and redo it.



Usually I draw without a grid, so this method is really throwing me off a little bit, my scale is a tad skewed but not by much. I don't have to do a lot of over compensation in other areas, so I am happy about that. I am particularly pleased on how the sock turned out.

Until next time...

Highlights on Black - Process 3

Over the weekend, I hit a snag. One of the threads that make up the grid broke. Hopefully I did not have to replace the entire grid, considering it was made up of a single continuous thread. Easy fix.

Monday was a day off, and I picked back up today. Just to let you know, I started with 3 white colored pencils 5 years ago... This is what I have left of them:



I am also using an eraser, sharpener, a brush and a charcoal pencil with some q-tips for blending... I am not beyond making mistakes and misjudging the scale (1:2):

At the end of today, this is the progress made thus far with a detail shot (soon, I am going to have to buy 2 more white colored pencils):



Will show more after Thursday...