#2 Ink Shell Drawing

This shell drawing I feel was more successful than my first shell drawing. I did not wash out the entire surface as I did on my last one, and this helped maintain lighter areas and more contrast overall. I really liked the brown ink with reddish-brown conte on my last ink wash shell drawing, and so I kept the combination for this one. What I really enjoy about the brown ink is the way it reveals other colors when saturated with water, such as the fuscia tone seen on the bottom of the shell here.

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Maniken Update

This is my maniken, whom I chose to name the Half Blood Prince within 3 seconds of deliberation. So far I have been able to get much of the torso, quad, and calf areas complete. I am currently working on the upper body and arms.

Fashion without Fabric

(photos courtesy of Emily Brownson)

Throughout this semester, I have been coordinating the Fashion without Fabric show, which was held last Saturday, April 17th, at Stout. This event showcases Stout's art and design students' creations of ensembles that contain no fabric. As such a large show, with 79 ensembles and over 150 students involved, it is quite a treat for the audience, as the students created some spectacular garments and showpieces.

And even through the craziness of coordinating it all, the show was really a blast and I'm excited to do it again next year!

Shell Drawing with Ink #1

This is my first shell drawing using ink. I used two colors of ink, black and brown, as well as reddish-brown and white conte. I experimented layering the ink, starting lightly and adding in to create contrast. I had a lot of fun with the ink around the shell, and playing with dripping the ink. Really wetting the paper well before starting helped make the ink apply smoother. There is a very impressionistic quality to the ink, since it is similar to water color, it has less control than acrylic paint. I added more contours of the shell after I had added the ink to make them stand out more. This was a fun experiment to create the shell in a new way with ink.