More like
Lilies of the Canyon.
Sunshine Canyon. Just above Boulder.
We'll get to some shots that are a bit closer,
but first a bit of step by step.
The canvas. Amy.
At this point,
it's a little hard to make it out.
This session was one with a few attempts at
some things that were nice discoveries in the past.
One of which is the use of the "negative space" to provide
the color for the flowers that will be showing up. The ink in
a white Sharpie pen is more akin to paint than diluted dye,
so if I want a white flower, it's simply a matter of drawing everything AROUND the flower, until the flower shows up.
I know. I know. I could've done a light blue, or some
other color, but I wanted to play with use of
skin tone to provide color.
The flowers will show up in just a bit.
One of the other things I wanted to work on
this evening was blending. Blending and smearing
of two colors is not a new thing for me. Actually, it's one
of my favorite things. Normally it's simply a matter of laying down just a touch of one color, then "pulling it out" and blending it with the stroke of another color.
This, as well as
another type of blend I tend to use,
was a little bit new, but explored to great effect
on what became called "Drawing on Many Lessons."
Check that one out HERE.
For whatever reason,
I've found that greens do not blend as well
as blues, reds, or some others. I don't know why. It just is.
But if you keep working both (or all three) shades in...
it can turn out quite nicely.
Hardly the focus of the drawing,
but I REALLY like how the leaves turned out!
So now - it's time to get a shot next to some living plants.
The canvas. Amy.
it's a little hard to make it out.
This session was one with a few attempts at
some things that were nice discoveries in the past.
One of which is the use of the "negative space" to provide
the color for the flowers that will be showing up. The ink in
a white Sharpie pen is more akin to paint than diluted dye,
so if I want a white flower, it's simply a matter of drawing everything AROUND the flower, until the flower shows up.
I know. I know. I could've done a light blue, or some
other color, but I wanted to play with use of
skin tone to provide color.
One of the other things I wanted to work on
this evening was blending. Blending and smearing
of two colors is not a new thing for me. Actually, it's one
of my favorite things. Normally it's simply a matter of laying down just a touch of one color, then "pulling it out" and blending it with the stroke of another color.
This, as well as
another type of blend I tend to use,
was a little bit new, but explored to great effect
on what became called "Drawing on Many Lessons."
Check that one out HERE.
I've found that greens do not blend as well
as blues, reds, or some others. I don't know why. It just is.
But if you keep working both (or all three) shades in...
it can turn out quite nicely.
Hardly the focus of the drawing,
but I REALLY like how the leaves turned out!
So now - it's time to get a shot next to some living plants.
Okay.
Not so much the foliage
for this shot as it is the muscle and shadows.
Here's a better shot of the leaves drawn in to create
the flowers. Or at least to make the color
of the flowers appear.
Now a bit of stonework...
And then to add some bell flowers.
These are only slightly similar to ACTUAL
lilies of the valley. Similar only in that the shape,
or type of variation of the flower is (loosely) the same.
And the lilies I ended up drawing are more like Calla lilies.
On the drive to Boulder, I was thinking about some sort of plant that could normally be found around those parts,
making it more topical, I suppose...
But I settled on Lilies.
Lily is the name of Amy's daughter.
Simple as that.
or type of variation of the flower is (loosely) the same.
And the lilies I ended up drawing are more like Calla lilies.
On the drive to Boulder, I was thinking about some sort of plant that could normally be found around those parts,
making it more topical, I suppose...
But I settled on Lilies.
Lily is the name of Amy's daughter.
Simple as that.
The negative space for the flowers used,
as well as the blending with the leaves, it was time
to head out into the woods to explore
another success from the past.
as well as the blending with the leaves, it was time
to head out into the woods to explore
another success from the past.
That is, the use of flash photography at night.
You can get the subject lit, with the background blacked out. It's not as easy to get the shot ya want this way, but in the day of digital, it's easy enough to snap several shots
to get the ONE you want.
But I didn't want just one.
Every time we ended up near another tree,
it was another perfect shot. Amy has great muscle tone,
and was happy to bend, twist, and stretch to give a slight variance on SO many shots that night.
and was happy to bend, twist, and stretch to give a slight variance on SO many shots that night.
Especially when we got a couple of old stone walls...
And then to an old shed.
BEAUTIFUL colors to contrast with
the canvas...
In front of what was an ordinary wooden door.
In front of what was an ordinary wooden door.
And with the deer skull hanging above the doorway...
Another photo-op SCREAMING to be used.
Just many,
many shots that were so nice this night.
Some that are quite similar to one another,
but each having it's own charm - with or without
the other photos to accompany.
So many in fact,
that there will HAVE to be
a part two to this session. The next entry
will be simply skipping the step by step stuff...
just showing a lot more nice photos from a cool night.
I did this once before with another, under similar circumstances. That is, too many cool photos to
put in the original narrative, so I had to make a
part two. That one also involved flash at night
and was simply called "Into the Woods,"
will be simply skipping the step by step stuff...
just showing a lot more nice photos from a cool night.
I did this once before with another, under similar circumstances. That is, too many cool photos to
put in the original narrative, so I had to make a
part two. That one also involved flash at night
and was simply called "Into the Woods,"
Let's just give THIS entry time to see some visitors.
But thanks for stopping by on this one.
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