This is one of the first angels. I did not like at all how the texture was so visible. However, this more more of the form I had in mind. It was the form of the little baptism angel that my step-mom had given me when my brother was born. For the life of me, I can't find the figurine... And she has no idea what I'm talking about. So, maybe it came from someone else? Maybe I'm just loco?!...
Maybe all of the above...
Now that I think about it, looking at the smudges around the angel, and how I was able to smooth them out, I should have tried to smooth more out... Maybe it could have worked?
One of the first ones. Still playing with colors, trying to get a feel for what I want, how I like it. But at this point, it's becoming increasingly clear that I'm not digging the texture.
One of the earlier ones. I was playing with the layers and colors. I do like how the red and orange show through on this one. I even have some baby blue up by the hands. Still, the very visible texture detracted from the misty look I was envisioning, and it didn't work for me.
This one was actually not how I had pictured the angel, with very defined boundaries and shapes. I was using the oil pastels that Kevin gave me for Christmas, and just wanted to try something new since I wasn't able to get the angels look how I wanted them to. I ended up giving it to Yo this week since she's moving soon; this one was her favorite. Hopefully she'll put it up somewhere in her new house and think of me when she sees it.
This one I did with colored pencils. I really liked how it turned out, and I want to play with my colored pencils more. It's not the angel I was wanting, so it didn't win out in that respect, but it was an interesting effect with the crosshatching. The colors layers well. And while I like the effects of the pencils, I didn't get the form just right. But it was a nice learning moment. I actually drew it in a sketchbook -- black-paged sketchbook is awesome! -- at an angle. I had to cut it at the angle to get it all to fit into a 5x7; there's one little sliver at the top-right corner that's missing because of the angle.
This is one of the last ones that I did. I painted it at D's house when I got the smooth paper. I like how it blends better, more smoothly, without the texture. It looks more foggy or misty with the smooth paper, which is more in tune with how I imagined it. D really liked this one. I think it was her favorite. And I like it as well, how the highlights in the wings -- I'll call them wings because that's how D and C saw them -- stand out so much. She actually thought I'd highlighted them with a white, when in fact the highlight is a green. It's one of the undertone colors, and I had just gone a little farther out than I intended. I'll probably give this one to D and Taylor, even though they already have an angel on their wall. Yes, I'll give this to D. It was just her birthday a couple of days ago... I'll buy a frame and give it to D.
Found another one that I'd made in my color sketchbook. Don't remember doing it, but I was probably just playing with the colors, see if I liked it any better than the darker background, I guess...
No comments:
Post a Comment