FALLING AWAY FROM EARTH

This work is a little larger than A3 which is a big jump from my regular A5. I also did it on some really nice Stonehenge paper (as opposed to my regular cheap watercolour paper). I like how the paper is off-white.

I spent a long time using my stencil to create every single tiny circle and then draw around each little one.

I used mostly Derwent Sketching pencils (HB, 4B, 8B) but also an 0.5 mechanical pencil and a little HB Faber-Castell pencil I had found on the floor (ha ha). I also used a white pen for some of the stars (see detail) and an electric rubber for quick changes!

It took over 3 days to complete which is longer than I usually take (a few hours tops!).

SUN & MOON

Something about the sun and the moon fascinate me. They seem almost to me like fiction! Drawing the sun takes a very long time but the process really calms me.

FEAR OF THE NIGHT

Night does not really frighten me, it is more the uncertainty that comes with darkness. This drawing I had in my mind for a very long time. I will probably redraw it in the future.

BUST OF BOY

Statues and sculptures have always interested me. It is my dream to one day take a class where they teach one to make busts. I think it is the best type of immortality.

HILLSIDE VISION

Where I live there are no fields or expanses, only tall buildings and loud noises. I always dream of pastoral imagery and am drawn to visions of mountain ranges and valleys.

COLOUR STUDY

Done in my Moleskine with watercolours. I have a great deal of respect for those who know how to combine colours. Even though I will probably never use colour in my drawings, I still think it is a skill I'd like to acquire / practice.

OBJECTS

Worked through an art block by drawing things I saw on my desk and sky textures. Often the small and mundane can become a sort of treasure or token. Things collected are things with a story, no?