And then... white latex was used for the fill inside the figure. I like the effect that latex has in situations like this because it's pretty watery and transparent as a result. Next step was t re-draw the linework with a sharpie.
I used black latex in the umbrella (rather than acrylic) for the same reason. It left an uneven, textured feel in the unbrella (which I like). It didn't feel right to have it as a solid black mass.
Details and hatching were added into the figure, the floating bubble-like elements were outlined and the text was added into the figure. And there you have the finished piece over on the right.
Here's a detail shot. fin.
Posted at 8:19 PM on Friday, October 27, 2006
The start of a new rekkid... Start with pink spray paint, add black stripe with some giant Sharpie paint pen, add some text, and then some circles with a white paint pen.
Got all that: this is step one. This is building a background, or so I claim.
After that, I added in a line drawing of the figure. The outline was done with a sharpie, except where the drawing overlapped the black, vertical stripe. Can you guess why?
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if you said, "because it's hard to see black marker on top of black marker." = you win! If not, keep studying. You might be a studio assistant someday yet.
So you see part of the line drawing was also done with a white paint pen for very practical reasons. That's where I left off (on the right up there).
The start of a new rekkid... Start with pink spray paint, add black stripe with some giant Sharpie paint pen, add some text, and then some circles with a white paint pen.Got all that: this is step one. This is building a background, or so I claim.
After that, I added in a line drawing of the figure. The outline was done with a sharpie, except where the drawing overlapped the black, vertical stripe. Can you guess why?
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if you said, "because it's hard to see black marker on top of black marker." = you win! If not, keep studying. You might be a studio assistant someday yet.
So you see part of the line drawing was also done with a white paint pen for very practical reasons. That's where I left off (on the right up there).
Posted at 8:22 PM on Friday, October 20, 2006
After transferring the drawing onto the LP, I outlined it with sharpie. Next, I laid in washes of latex and built up certain areas so that some are more opaque than others. Then did the linework and added in details over the top with sharpies.
At one point, I thought about adding in a collage element. I cut a piece of polka-dotted paper to fill in the dress. After laying in on the surface, it just didn't fit. It was too bright a white for the rest of the piece. I could have knocked down the brightness of the paper with a wash of off-white acrylic or something similar. Though that, in my mind, would have voided the point of using the collaged paper. So I just scrapped the idea. Just wanted to show that because alot of times I don't post any of the elements / thought process that I decide against using.
Here's a close up of the finished LP and the full-view in on the right. You can see that if a nail is used to hang this piece, the head of the nail will align to become the pendant of her necklace. This LP was sent off for the Vinyl Killers 4 show. This year the show is open to almost any media as long as it's on an LP. I think it's great that the show was pushed beyond stenciling only. Hopefully there's alot of new work as a result...
What: Vinyl Killers 4 - Paintings on records
When: Opening Party on October 26th, 2006 from 6-10 PM.
Open 5 PM to 2AM through November.
Where: The Goodfoot Gallery, 2845 SE Stark St, Portland, OR
After transferring the drawing onto the LP, I outlined it with sharpie. Next, I laid in washes of latex and built up certain areas so that some are more opaque than others. Then did the linework and added in details over the top with sharpies.At one point, I thought about adding in a collage element. I cut a piece of polka-dotted paper to fill in the dress. After laying in on the surface, it just didn't fit. It was too bright a white for the rest of the piece. I could have knocked down the brightness of the paper with a wash of off-white acrylic or something similar. Though that, in my mind, would have voided the point of using the collaged paper. So I just scrapped the idea. Just wanted to show that because alot of times I don't post any of the elements / thought process that I decide against using.
Here's a close up of the finished LP and the full-view in on the right. You can see that if a nail is used to hang this piece, the head of the nail will align to become the pendant of her necklace. This LP was sent off for the Vinyl Killers 4 show. This year the show is open to almost any media as long as it's on an LP. I think it's great that the show was pushed beyond stenciling only. Hopefully there's alot of new work as a result...
What: Vinyl Killers 4 - Paintings on records
When: Opening Party on October 26th, 2006 from 6-10 PM.
Open 5 PM to 2AM through November.
Where: The Goodfoot Gallery, 2845 SE Stark St, Portland, OR