Testing the water

My wife is pretty awesome, but I've never been able to capture her character in my work.

Layering thin films of acrylics might have been the wrong choice. Its's safer but the final result isn't satisfying.

Think the next portrait see a return of thick acrylics. Safe isn't getting results.

Pink!

A lonely tube of pink acrylic had been lying the apartment for months, needing a good home.

Sold

Pretty happy with the result ")

Peel

Messing around with the clay earlier this week lead back to some Planet Peel visuals.

After a few months of working on portraits, animals and plants it was about time to go back and see what could be done with the Planet Peel visuals. 

Overwhelmingly these visuals give me a sense of satisfaction unlike the portraits. The ribbon effect is just a bunch of fun, so I'll be spending the next week working on new ides, colours and expanding the world a little.

Claying

The past few weeks I'd been peeling back pieces of paper, cutting and tearing to understand the basics a little better while sketching.

Clay would help to understand the lighting a little better, but actually it was just a whole lot of fun to play with.

Light contrast.

The way the flex influences the folded areas was pretty unexpected so I'll look at including it for future works.

The exercise was more fun than informative, but in a way that proved pretty informative. The best part of the whole thing was mashing the clay back into a ball for next time!