I have this really cool book on facial expressions, with about a hundred pictures of maybe sixty or seventy people--of all ages and types making all sorts of different expressions. It's really fun to draw series of them. Can you tell this is the same person? (I'm not sure that I can).This is also a new technique--one I'm not sure that I will ever do again. It's a gouache resist with black ink stroked over it, and then the whole thing run under the sink when it's dry to wash the ink-over-gouache off. It's a bit crude, and wasteful, I think, of gouache, but has some interesting possibilities. But the thing about new techniques is that there's a learning curve, and only by working with it again and again can you gain any kind of control over it. Things can be pretty dreadful at first, but I think I'll post anyway, just as a demonstration (maybe even just to myself).
Nope. I couldn't live with that. So I added some more pen work, and feel much better. (That's the one on top.) So I reckon I'll be trying this again.
Okay, so the third person didn't work. Snip. Enough of this already.....
I like these...I also agree that gouache resist is wasteful. I don't think the results are worth it...for my style anyway...but good to experiment (I probably didn't go far enough with it!)
ReplyDeleteIt's great to experiment, even once! I just started to think I'm staying too much in my comfort zone... But the top one is great, awesome expressions and good feeling, like they are friends or sisters - even if it is the same person!
ReplyDeleteHaha, well. I think it was a cool exercise. And I think you got some really cool images out of it. I would not have initially guessed these were all the same person, but it is also easy to believe that is true. That book sounds cool!
ReplyDeleteI like the technique...it has the look of a wood-cut. I remember experimenting with this technique before - maybe I will give it another try, too. Thanks for the inspiration!
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