just enough time before scooting for easter to make another post here, the third batch of winter drawings. bored of these yet? thought so. anyway- again, selected from a big old pile, this time by both me AND emma. some favourites, some more representational. directional. again, some sketchier than others, some more finished.
but enough of my pointless talk.
20.
more dying sharpie, used deliberately for effect rather than a fresh pen. this was another image i'd been carrying around in my head and for once managed to execute it almost exactly as i saw it. i like this one a lot. . .
21.
. . . this meanwhile is one of emma's picks. there's nothing to it and i never really reflected on it as anything other than a slightly goofy doodle. . .
22-25.
various pencil drawings. 22 & 23 are emm's picks, the other two are mine. 22 was a deliberate attempt to draw emma in something OTHER than that damn cardigan that although synonymous with her (to me at least) i'd gotten into the habit of just automatically drawing, in spite of the fact she scarcely wears the thing anymore. 23 leans towards being more stylised. 24 & 25 meanwhile are favourites of mine, and depictions of emma in 2002, and 2009 respectively. 24 i'm especially fond of.
26.
this one's very sketchy but i love it probably more than anything more 'finished' here. it was sketched during a reflective period shortly before christmas, thinking about the couple of months that had led to that point, and this was what came out. the title, 'hymn' just seemed fitting somehow. . .
27.
this by contrast is probably the most intricate, finnicky, finished drawing of all of these 'winter' drawings, done around the same time as 26 (and also, 19) and featuring a partick glasgow skyline, and one of the best drawings of emma i've ever done, as well as certainly the most realistic looking wings i've ever drawn - as opposed to very stylised flat shapes. detail. lots of detail. i love this. we both love this.
28.
by contrast, this is that more stylised execution again. albeit in differing amounts, lending the possibility the figure is standing in front of a drawing of a building rather than a building itself. the bird on his shoulder is halfway there, but wouldn't look nearly as good done realistically. she's a small quirk, but my favourite part of this image.
29.
'?'
. . . emma picked this one- you can tell. make of it what you will. . .
and that's all for now.
next time, something completely different. . .
These are a step up from the others but you can see the progression. I think you can anyway :/
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely, Iain. It's nice to see happier pictures too :)
I especially like the pencil drawings here. I can't shake the feeling that 26 looks familiar. I'm trying to remember one of your paintings from a long time ago - you would have posted it during your deviantart days. Do you have something else similar with the same composition or pairing of figures?
ReplyDeleteAlso very striking, as usual, are your portraits of Emma, and I also like the two where your back is turned to the viewer. The silhouettes in 20 are really interesting, and I think the bird in 28 is a sweet touch. I like the stylized look you're going with for your birds.
i ♥ the ? over the owl's head! Who, indeed!?
ReplyDeletehave you seen Diane Sudyka? amateur birder, amazing Chicago artist who paints tons of birds and nature? she has a great blog called The Tiny Aviary: http://thetinyaviary.blogspot.com/
and see this cool video about her work: http://vimeo.com/groups/videoart/videos/10473461