Sunday, September 26, 2010

Continuing on Rocks & Foam

I'm working on this piece a little at a time and really enjoying rendering the stones. I'm making them a little more colorful than they are in my photo, I do have some rocks in my studio to look at also. The colors I'm using consist of many grays and browns with touches of other colors; blues, purples, red/orange, yellows. The more I look, the more color I see so I have to back off a little from making them all to colorful and not realistic. My goal is soft and subtle rocks, foam and sand with subtle colors added. While I enjoy working on the sanded grounds in which the pencil can be applied quicker, I have to say my favorite surface is rag illustration board because its durable and takes the pencil softly. Once in a while I don't mind taking forever on a drawing because I enjoy the process and the outcome.

4 comments:

Sue Clinker said...

Beautiful pencil work :o)

Kathy said...

Kendra, can't wait to see this finished! I understand completely about taking your time with a piece and enjoying the process!

Kendra said...

Although today I'm not enjoying the process so much ... my mind keeps wandering off!

Debbi said...

very interesting piece Kendra. I hope you do continue to work on this one!