Donkeys, Day 5

[wayfaringwordhack]

Behold! A serious draft!

As you will have noticed, I haven't been worried about composition and such since embarking on this challenge, but I have tried to turn in "clean"(-ish) versions of my ideas. Not so today. You are getting a drawing with ink smudges and blah bits and all. And that's ok. This is very much a draft stage, and I need to get that through my head so that I'm not spending so much time on these illustrations.

I think to do an ink drawing justice and give it a chance to convince me, I should have paid more attention to composition, but doing the sketch on this buff paper lets me see that I would definitely want more touches of color, more in line with yesterday's offering. I seem to be leaning toward mixed media for the moment...

"Poitou Donkey," ink on colored paper

As a former dreadlocked chica and soon-to-be-Frenchie, I have to have a Poitou donkey in the mix! However, this is not the right medium to do him justice. I may try another version later.

Comments

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

You know, I really like this one.

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Very nifty!

[clarentine]

I love your cedar trees. Really nice texture there.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I love his shaggy curls! (And I like the simple fence, too.)

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

This donkey does not fling himself toward the viewer as some of the others did. He is neither lonely nor mystical; he is self-satisfied and very down-to-earth. He has paused in his activities to watch you pass, but he does not invite your company--you know that, because though his head has turned toward you, his body remains aligned for the activity he will resume once you are gone.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

By exceptionally weird coincidence, look what another LJ friend of mine posted today (it's more Poitou donkeys). I'd never heard of them before your picture!

[judo100.livejournal.com]

I like the really furry donkey and the big ears. Picasso went through his "blue stage." You can call yours the "donkey stage".

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

I wish I could draw. I'm so impressed with all your donkeys. Seriously.

[nipernaadiagain.livejournal.com]

This is a) on seriously hairy donkey and b)such a nice drawing.

It also makes me want to draw again - may-be when I get back from Vietnam

[coffeesvp.livejournal.com]

Now I also want a Poitou donkey. Terrific.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

I like the way it's facial expression as it looks back out at the viewer.