Statuesque Emma standing on flowered blanket, drypoint on 14×11″ Rives gray BFK
A sister image to the last drypoint I posted. The model’s pose reminded me of classical sculptures. This is one of the first prints I made with drypoint, for this series. I was surprised and thrilled to see what the lovely pattern on the flowered rug looked like after printing. Ink makes scratchy lines very pretty.
Nikki had a brilliant idea for how to improve one of my prints using chine-collé. I’ll post the results tomorrow.
This post is from Barry Berridge, a returning student who is currently in my beginning drawing class. Advice from a beginning drawing student I wanted to share an observational drawing habit I started this month that might also help other beginners: There’s a coffee shop super close to my apartment with lots of cool plants …
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Some Pretty Paintings: Statuesque Emma … on a Flowered Blanket
A sister image to the last drypoint I posted. The model’s pose reminded me of classical sculptures. This is one of the first prints I made with drypoint, for this series. I was surprised and thrilled to see what the lovely pattern on the flowered rug looked like after printing. Ink makes scratchy lines very pretty.
Nikki had a brilliant idea for how to improve one of my prints using chine-collé. I’ll post the results tomorrow.
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