Artful Prompting, 3

[wayfaringwordhack]

13 February 2024
 
Our third foray into art prompts resulted in "Elder Son" and "Utensils."  Oooookay.  How odd to have gotten two family members in a row.  So, some of us chose to draw utensils and some chose to draw with utensils.

This one is from Elder Son who did NOT have to draw himself (I just love the earrings):

Daughter's take on her brother with utensils.  Elder Son must be hungry:

 

Husband's (he used: a skewer, a bottle cork, a pastry brush, a fork, a sponge, and his fingers): 

I tried a couple, the first (blue background) was done with a pastry brush, sponge, gloved fingers, and a bamboo skewer.  The second was done with a sponge and a plastic fork:

The likeness is not there, but hey, one can't be hard on oneself when painting with a plastic fork.🤣  And that made this a very liberating experience.  However, my boy has the most beautiful mouth, and I really hated that I couldn't capture it.  

While watching YouTube videos about mark-making, I came across an artist, Sandi Hester, who is really fun and whose work I will watch more as I delve into the illustrative side of what I want to do.  The kids are also enjoying her, and Daughter's blue outline came about from a video of Sandi's.  We have done many faces since watching that.

Comments

[tolcath]

Fascinatingly cool!

[wayfaringwordhack]

It was fun to do. Very liberating to use tools that "excuse" you from perfection. ;)

[tolcath]

The drive for perfection kills a lot of creativity!

[wayfaringwordhack]

Amen, amen, and amen. I am really in pursuit of joy in the process these days and not a perfect result.