This page gets me completely caught up with the 2015 Art Project. For Week 7 there were two options. The first was to do something representing your journey so far and how you are now looking towards the future. The second was to do something about hindsight. I went with the latter. It reminded me of an Irish Proverb I really like…
I drew a girl looking over her shoulder to represent hindsight. It has to do with looking back and understanding an event after it has happened. I used Neocolor II on the girl and outlined her with gel pens. I decided I wanted to use one of my Steampunk gelatos in the background. Gelatos spread a lot better over gesso than over plain paper so I gesso’d around the figure before applying my gelato.
I got a little stuck here. I tried to do border since I hadn’t tried that yet. I used a stencil and a brown Neocolor II crayon. I activated the pigment with water afterwards to smooth it out. It just ended up kind of messy looking. I filled the background using a “Once Upon A Time..” stamp and steampunk stamps; cogs, binoculars and a compass. I did a layer with brown ink to make the background less plain. I did a few of those in black in addition to a few feathers and a butterfly.
At the end, I put some washi tape strips in to occupy empty space. I used some lacy ones and some steampunk ones with cogs and clocks on them.
Here is the whole thing…
Mar 13, 2015 @ 10:23:18
Great take on the challenge! Love your calligraphy. 🙂
Mar 13, 2015 @ 11:48:47
Thanks! 🙂
Mar 13, 2015 @ 10:38:30
The compass and cogs are just stunning.
Mar 13, 2015 @ 11:49:36
I like them too, Walmart stamps are awesome 🙂
Mar 13, 2015 @ 10:39:39
I like the picture. Looks like you’re trying to work away from “cute cartoon”.
Mar 13, 2015 @ 11:54:38
Trying! lol. The girl is still more cartoony than I’d like. Some improvement though 🙂
Mar 13, 2015 @ 12:07:40
Maybe a little cartoony still. Maybe slightly smaller eyes and more shading to get it a bit more realistic, but it looks great as it is.
Mar 13, 2015 @ 12:15:48
Thanks for the tips. I’ll give it a try on the next one. Hopefully I’ll have some time today 🙂
Mar 13, 2015 @ 12:48:55
I just played around with making some quick over the shoulder sketches and then came back and looked at your drawing. I’ll just say that comparing them I should be listening to your advise instead of the other way around : )
Mar 13, 2015 @ 13:00:53
LOL. The over the shoulder look is hard! Who ever invented the eraser is a genius!
Mar 13, 2015 @ 12:18:32
I love the way you interpreted it and the small details. Well done!
Mar 13, 2015 @ 12:58:35
Thanks! It’s nice to see your icon popping up on wordpress blogs again! 🙂
Mar 13, 2015 @ 12:59:54
😀 Thanks! I am just commenting and reading along for now. I tried to catch up on everyone but accidentally deleted all the unread posts, so I am trying to keep up (more) in real time now 😀
Mar 13, 2015 @ 13:02:13
I’m glad you’re feeling better enough to handle that. Just don’t overwhelm yourself!
Hugs!!
Mar 13, 2015 @ 12:30:24
Your lettering is always so lovely. This is a beautiful piece.
Mar 13, 2015 @ 12:59:46
Thanks. I googled fonts until I find one I like and draw from that. It helps to get a new style in my brain.
Mar 13, 2015 @ 13:13:35
I never would have thought of that, how utterly brilliant! 😀
Mar 13, 2015 @ 16:32:06
I like it, and the steampunk element was inspired, great quote, it resonates with me, it’s always about moving forward and being present in the now, as you cannot change what’s already happened.