Showing posts with label series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label series. Show all posts

04 September 2011

Which Style (con't)

Earlier I posted about trying to find a style and layout that fits a quote. You can see them here.

This style and layout has come closer to my feeling of of the quote. Although, I realized I had the words a little mixed up:) The exact quote reads: "The boundary lines for me have fallen in pleasant places." So far I have not written the exact words. Sometimes I wonder about my ability to remember. haha


This layout was written with sumi ink and a Speedball B1.

02 September 2011

Which Style for Quote

I have been playing in the studio today with a quote that has been in my head for the last few days. 
"My boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places."
I have created several rough sketches but am having a hard time finding a layout 
that works for the way I feel about the quote. 

Which do you like?


Written with Dr. Martin's Bleedproof White and a ruling pen.




Created with Dr. Martin's Bleedproof White and ruling pen for the outline and filled in with watercolor.




Written with Dr. Martin's Bleedproof White and an Esterbrook 357.

09 March 2010

Still with the Small Canvases

Well, this is a continuation on a continuation. There were two earlier post showing the progression of a series of small canvases. One was a trio of sunflowers the other has turned into this square of nine canvases. The text, which is mostly washed away, is the personification of Wisdom as described in Proverbs. I love this text.

The things I like about this set is the colors and depth of color. The thing that I find is missing is a structural element. There is plenty of organic movement in each canvas and across the whole, but there is no linking structural element. What do you think?

the final series


closeup before the text was washed away


the nine before all the text has been washed away in places