I have begun my journey to creating. Sometimes when an artist creates the images have no symbolic meeting. It could be you just want to draw a bunny. Sometimes the research into an image holds deeper meaning. For my latest piece it includes a skull and flowers. I didn't want an image of just any skull but a skull of a woman. I took it a step further and researched skulls of Northern European women. I wanted the skull to reflect me and my DNA. Once I secured an image I could work from it was on to the next element, flowers. I decided on wild flowers. Not only did I need reference photos or images I took from my garden, I needed to make sure I drew then to the correct size. Yippee for the internet. Have you ever wondered how big a daisy is in comparison to your head. I now know. Now that all my reference materials were gathered I moved on to materials and size. I have decided on pen and ink with ink washes on hot press illustration board. I am going with a square illustration size of 15" x 15" I began the preliminary drawing today. I will execute the piece using a dot stipple technique. I estimate the project will take me 12 to 15 hours.
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Have you ever wondered how an artist gets an idea or creates a image from a brief? What really goes on inside the minds of artist. I am going to take you on a journey from inspiration through research and planning to execution and final piece. The most amazing thing about having an artist brain is that inspiration strikes anywhere. I learned to write down a quick not or sketch to go back and visit again. Last weekend I was helping my husband with some paperwork. While that in itself can be inspiring it was not what spark my next idea. I decided to listen to music while I helped with the paperwork. A song came on and instantly I had an image in my head. In between assignments I started looking up images that I could reference for the image I kept seeing in my head. The next step is to do the preliminary drawings and research further for detail and select materials. I am leaning towards pen and ink with colored ink washes.
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