Beautiful! Can’t believe this isn’t getting more attention... it’s just stunning. Never thought I would be calling bananas stunning but this definitely calls for it
@idrawhorses Thank you for your kind words. I just joined DoodleAdicts yesterday and uploaded the bananas today. Need to find some artistic camaraderie as I am feeling a little cooped up and thought this site might be a good start. Anyway, thanks, again.
I have dragged this typewriter around for more than 50 years. I found it in an antique store when I was in college. It's still fully useable, except that it's REALLY hard to find ribbons. Basically, it's just another object to dust. But it is a beautifully made object. The basic shapes and perspective were blocked in with a 2H pencil, then I used a Sakura 005 micron pen to do the contour drawing.
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Love dahlias, not just because they are so ornate, but also because they bloom so very late. The tuberous begonias and potted dahlias are still in full bloom at the start of November, how cool is THAT? (For the northern hemisphere and 47th parallel, no less!) This is a stylized drawing in colored pencils.
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Oh boy, markers (NOT a go-to), least favorite color, and a subject that isn’t on my radar. This was a hard one what with 3 negatives going for it. But, hey, it’s a challenge, right?
Choosing a subject came first….we have a house full of Indonesian masks and sculptures. (My husband studied gamelon music in Indonesia.) Garuda, the “mount” of Vishnu and popular with Balinese artists seemed a good choice, esp. since he can be green, red, yellow or orange.
I rarely choose yellow/orange for anything---artwork, décor, clothing...though I do have a soft spot for sunflowers.
First I drew a bunch of images based on one of our wooden Garuda sculptures and then made a simplified marking pen outline and colored it with markers.
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I modified the challenge a wee bit. I didn't use the same paper for the various drawings since I was using (top row, left to right) hard graphite pencils (3H to HB), watercolor pencils, (bottom row, left to right) brush pens and ballpoint pen. These media work best on very different paper textures and moisture absorbing qualities. The second picture shows the object of my study --- and the apparatus I use to hold botanical subjects. "Third hand" tools are very useful and cheap. This one was under $10 and serves my purposes well. Just FYI. (Each drawing/painting was scanned and composited in Photoshop.)
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Bailey DeWolf (@SedonaEquineArt)
Beautiful! Can’t believe this isn’t getting more attention... it’s just stunning. Never thought I would be calling bananas stunning but this definitely calls for it
Ilga Jansons (@Ilga)
@idrawhorses Thank you for your kind words. I just joined DoodleAdicts yesterday and uploaded the bananas today. Need to find some artistic camaraderie as I am feeling a little cooped up and thought this site might be a good start. Anyway, thanks, again.
Ilga Jansons (@Ilga)
@Haynes Thanks, I love to work in colored pencils.