lmweil
Member since Feb-3-03
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Feb-24-03, 11:03 PM () |
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31. "RE: a lynx in progress ..dicussing proportion"
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ive thought very hard about blending ...i use to think blending was a magic formula that would make everything look highly realistic,..but ive kind of changed my mind about that the girl that is not finished was started on smooth typing paper,and it looks much more like concrete,...i keep it in my desk with things ill never finish
Hi Jim -
When I first returned to pencil (after frustrating attempts at watercolour) - I tried different blending techniques. I also looked at a lot of other pencil artists work - Mike Sibley, Janet Matthews http://matthews.alphalink.com.au/ , Hillberry and others - and realised that the real trick with blending is knowing when and where to use it. Like you have found, it is not a magic formula, and sometimes when I got lazy I would just blend away like mad and really ruin a work. How something blends can be affected by paper as you have found, but how and when you blend is even more important. I have also realised that to reproduce (prints) of graphite work, line work often seems to reproduce better - sometimes light blending just doesn't seem to reproduce at all - all those tiny dots you talk about just form an even halftone without the original subtlety. But I love your ladies! If only I looked like one of them! sigh. middle age can be very trying. Linda Weil
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.!,..you really should post both of those rodeo drawings they are 2 of my all time favorites,....woodburning/drawing is hard to explain graphite has a clear advantage as far as detail,..but i still like the smell of burning wood once in a while,...i feel like im learning to draw all over again with graphite as well as improving the way i see things,....sometimes i cant stand blending,..and sometimes i love it....i guess it depends on how the drawing is going at the time ,
