It's been a while since I've sketched in general, but more so with nature and plant life. A trip to my local bayside park brought me some kite flying and tree sketching. I've always been intimidated by drawing landscapes and flora because I get caught up in all the details trying to match the textures on a minuscule level, but I took my sweet sweet time breaking this one down because the shape of this tree was so dynamic.
Branch Out: Pumpkin Carving Another halloween time project. This time I tried a twist on traditional pumpkin carving by incorporating design elements of Thai carving such as flowers and repetitive shapes and patterns. Again I found it very interesting to have to think of the design in regards to subtractive technique rather than additive. The medium as an organic canvas was also an enjoyable challenge to handle. The use of repetitive design allowed me to practice recreating certain shapes to increase speed as well as refine technique. Something funny I found was that in the way I was shown, the techniques on holding the kinfe was very particular, but my hands were just too small to hold the knife safely! So I learned to adapt differently and can now carve efficiently, without having a sharp thing slip through my fingers. That's a nice mental image. Happy Halloween!
"Glass" - Photoshop + Wacom tablet This is a Photoshop painting exercise I did for fun to create a photorealistic image of a drinking glass. It was interesting working from reference with the negative space and working with the lighter colors on the dark background. It was surprising while I was working on it to see how depending on where and how sharp or dull certain highlights were, it could either successfully look like plastic or glass. I was going for the latter.
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