I get my ideas from the still life table. Here’s one of my favorite things to do — pull out favorite objects, set them on the table, start drawing.
Usually I draw the same motif over and over. I am loving this motif so much I think it’s destiny that I draw it again. But I am trying to train myself to reshape the set up regularly and do faster drawings of different arrangements for the sake of the variety.
The above is 24 x 18 inches on Strathmore 400 series pastel paper using Caran d’Ache Neopastels. Seashell, ginger jar and honey pot, with a bit of blue compotier peeking in from the left.
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Glorious. Saturated with colour.
I’ve gotten to the point where “the shell” is on my drawing table…it’s a start. Your colors always inspire. (K)
It’s no small thing, Kerfe. I can’t tell you how many richly, happily complicated projects have begun for me by something as simple as “putting the seashell on the table.” Sometimes there’s a readiness factor. But that seemingly insignificant first step is like planting a seed in the ground. I’m so glad that my colors inspire. Thank you for the kind words.
Thank you, Rosie!
Thanks Aletha. Yes, one step at a time.