Queen Anne's Lace - Triptych

I spent the last week of March house/dog sitting in Wilmette. I did the same thing last year for spring break and the weather was 70 degrees all week. This year the weather was cold, 30 degrees and cloudy. I always try to bring a project with me while in the suburbs and this year being trapped inside most of the time, I cross hatched a triptych of plant forms. The image came from the bird sanctuary near Montrose Harbor in Chicago. The drawing moves from chaos and density, up toward simplicity and clear form. It did take almost 40 hours of crosshatching, but they had good cable and I broke up the days with dog walks. Each panel is approximately 12 x 19 inches.

Labels

Now that the postings are mounting, I wanted to mention how helpful the labels can be to look at a specific subject. For example if you are looking for India Ink drawings, be sure to click on the label 'india Ink' and all of the posts with that link attached to it should pop up. Some helpful labels might be: Chicago, panorama, drawing... They appear at the bottom of each post. I will include them all here. Give it a try, don't be afraid.

Winter Panorama

The Straw That May Have Broke The Camels Back

My most recent drawing in the branches series. I was not only abitious to begin with, but then halfway through, I pulled out my technical pen to work out a few problem areas. Suddenly I was in obsessive detail hell and it took me four days to get out of it. This was not what I intended when I began this series and it is not a way of working that I particularly enjoy. Thank goodness there was a 'Law and Order' marathon on cable. The drawing turned out well but the process was not what I am after. I may have one more drawing of this type in me, sans technical pen. There is one other image I want to explore but then I will move on to last minute things for my upcoming show.

Two New Branch Drawings

I've been diligent this week about making work. I have a show coming up in June and deadlines are quickly approaching. Four new branch drawings were created this week as well as a new photo, (not competely assembled yet). Here are two of the newest branch drawings. India ink on bristol paper, 13x17 inches.