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

[wayfaringwordhack]

I really liked the "what if" of it all, but I confess to wanting a better system for doing portraiture (and I have another post about that coming up), even if it is to work even bigger in order to achieve just a bit more control if getting a likeness is high on the list. :P

I have been binge-watching Sandi's channel and have been creating more than I think I have have before because her approach is very liberating for a product-oriented artist like myself. I am looking for joy of process now!