I recently visited Joanne's Journey into Art and read her post about working upside down and saw her amazing watercolor painted with the reference image upside down. I had also seen the talented Andrea Joseph do this exercise. My curiosity finally got the best of me. So last night as the rain pelted against the windows I sat in front of the fire and tried it. I turned an old black and white photo of my mom circa the 1940's and quickly sketched with a pencil on a cream colored textured paper. It actually looks like her (and a little like Betty Crocker). Great fun exercise that I will continue to explore.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Jacqueline upside down
I recently visited Joanne's Journey into Art and read her post about working upside down and saw her amazing watercolor painted with the reference image upside down. I had also seen the talented Andrea Joseph do this exercise. My curiosity finally got the best of me. So last night as the rain pelted against the windows I sat in front of the fire and tried it. I turned an old black and white photo of my mom circa the 1940's and quickly sketched with a pencil on a cream colored textured paper. It actually looks like her (and a little like Betty Crocker). Great fun exercise that I will continue to explore.
Great drawing! I've tried that exercise once before and found it quite amazing to see the finished product. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWonderful ! I may try it some day as I am not really convinced I could do a portrait as good as yours !
ReplyDeleteVery nice - your mom would love it, I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job!
ReplyDeleteWell done! I too have done a similar exercise before, and I am always amazed at the way it forces me to see in a different way that makes the end result look very differend and often better. Thanks for the inspiration to try this again. Your portrait of your mum is excellent!
ReplyDeletebeautiful job! I remember hearing about this exercise in art school -- I'm got to try it!
ReplyDeleteLove the texture of the paper showing through the drawing...Beautiful! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is very cool. It came out great. Thanks for the nod. And, isn't this a really fun excercise?
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