Another experiment today. This one is graphite powder, pencil, and charcoal on drawing paper coated with linseed oil. I must have spread the oil a bit too thick, because in spots (such as the big diamond-shaped area on his chest) it seemed to suck up the materials and refused to let them go. So I decided to go in with a white oil bar and see what would happen.
I don’t know that this necessarily improved things. At this point I decided to let the whole mess dry, and maybe I’ll come back to it another day. There are areas of the drawing that I really like.
I love how art every day inspires your experimentation – love learning new things like these…
Fascinating goodness…
Although I don’t draw, I have used linseed oil in my mixed media pieces to create translucence. I suspect letting the linseed oil dry, will make it easier to sketch over it. It looks good to me.
This blog post both inspired and comforted me! When one doesn’t give up and reworks a piece, often there is more to be learned from these experimentations than when everything goes according to plan the first time. We should call these learning experiences “Error and Trial” rather than the “Trial and Error” because as artists, we do try again and don’t stop at error! I’m writing this also as a reminder to myself because I can fall into the depth of despair at times. Some titles came to mind as inspired by your drawing: “Diamond in the Rough” “And on the seventh day…” “The Unemployed (or Lonely) Poltergeist” “To be or not to be”. These are based on my initial impression that this man is in some process of becoming…perhaps also he is in a quandry of whether or not to make his appearance! Keep up your good work.