More Elephants
I'm still drawing/painting elephants when I am home for the day and have 3 more to post today. These were all done with different tools, to challenge myself to use more of the art supplies I accumulated over the last few years.
Yesterday I read Laure Ferlita's blog post about "Luring Back Her Muse" and realized that my elephant project is how I am doing the same thing. I got to the point during these winter days where I was inspired to draw when out and about, but bored and apathetic when home.
Elephant 6 was drawn with warm gray and black Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils and then painted with water.
Elephant 7 was drawn with a Zebra Sarasa Clip 07 Brown gel pen and then painted with water. I have several brown pens to use for drawing and I tested their water solubility, finally selecting this one for the pale color that I could achieve.
Elephant # 8 was drawn with a black Zig Millenium pen and then "painted" with a black Neocolor II watersoluble wax pastel - the only candidate in my box of 10 crayons.
I still need to try other tools that I have, including inks and dip pens, acrylic paints, oil pastels, pan pastels, and a variety of pencils that I hate using - including charcoal and Conte. This project turned out to be fun and that was my intention. These cold winter days mean that I am busy at home and less likely to get inspiration from walks/trips around New York City.
Comments
These are delightful, Shirley!
Posted by: Mary Martin | February 2, 2013 9:07 AM
3 more great ones! You're doing very well on these.
Posted by: Donn | February 2, 2013 10:59 AM
Wonderful elephants that you have captured. And great idea to push yourself to use more of the tools you already have - good hint to me!! These are all great, but my favorite is #6. What a great pose!
Posted by: Claire M | February 2, 2013 2:06 PM
Nothing like working in a series to fuel inspiration and creativity!
Posted by: teri Flemal | February 2, 2013 5:30 PM
Love your elephants and that you did them in different art tools.
Posted by: Pam | February 3, 2013 10:00 AM
Great elephants, Shirley! I feel just that like that too - itching during the day to get home to create, but then it is so cold outside that I just want to snuggle under a blanket. Good for you for trying out different tools to get you going again.
Posted by: Krista | February 9, 2013 4:17 PM