Some of each week's themes are easier than others. Week 13 was Cinema. For this one I used pen ink, and it shows up much better in scans than an ink pen does. I was very pleased with how this one turned out. Week 14 was Surprise, and I obviously had some fun with this one. Week 15 was Thread, and this one took longer for an idea to emerge. I'm currently working on Week 16's theme of Experiment, and it has a lot of laboratory detail in it.
0 Comments
Somehow I missed getting a blog-post up during March. It just means there will be more for April. Week 9's theme was Baking. For this one I thought a multi-function baking robot would be fun. Week 10's theme was Weekend. This was my view of what a parent normally sees when walking past a teenager's room on the weekend - especially before noon. Week 11's theme was Perspective. I had fun with this one, making it work differently from each angle it could be viewed at. Week 12's theme was Happy Place. Since it had been a long time since I drew anything based on Book 2, it was a happy place for me to draw Clyde dealing with a pesky leprechaun, as he tried to find some peace and quiet against a tree. Weeks 13, 14 and 15 are already done, and up on @VJCavanagh via Twitter. They will get blogged soon.
Here are my efforts for week 4 through to week 8 of the 2017 challenge. #illo52weeks Week 4 : Ode to a favourite children's book For this one I went with The Magic Pudding. Week 5: Peacock For this one I did things backwards for me, and did the watercolour first and the ink last. Week 6: Garden This one had a Japanese influence on it. Week 7: Botanical This is the life cycle of a plant given to someone with brown thumbs... Healthy plant....sick plant...dead plant. Week 8: Pastel I'm not fond of getting pastel dust everywhere, so I went for pastel colours instead. Again, to shake things up a little, this one had the watercolour first and the ink second. The sign says 'No Picnics' and along the river bank we have a boat and a bear doing a spot of fishing. Once I get the idea for what to draw to suit the Week's word or phrase, the challenge is fun. Getting the idea is normally the tricky part.
My plan is to post each Week's challenge to Twitter, via @VJCavanagh and then to put groups of them into a blog-post at regular intervals. This challenge for illustrators has been going for a few years, but this is the first time I am giving it a go. At the beginning of the year a list is posted online containing a list of weekly themes. http://illo52weeks.blogspot.com.au/search/label/2017%20themes Illustrators can then post their efforts for each weekly theme on social media with the #illo52weeks hashtag. Mine are getting posted to Twitter @VJCavanagh . So far I'm using different paper for this challenge, both in manufacturer and in size (170mm x 235mm), and I've been using nib ink too. Week 1's theme was Whimsy. Here is the ink only version: And the coloured one Week 2's theme was Feathered Animals. And here's the difference colour makes... Week 3's theme was Australiana (in time for Australia Day on 26 January) And let's add some colour... So far the challenge has been fun. It is a pleasant change to have such an open ended brief to work with. Should I remember, I'll go for medium compression rather than full compression from here on in with this size paper because the full compression isn't giving a good online image.
Week 4 is an Ode to a favourite children's book....however I haven't yet decided what my favourite children's book is yet. |
News and Other StuffAbout recent artwork, inspirations and other things I find interesting. Archives
April 2024
Categories
All
|