Splashes and Blots with Indian Ink

I spent a couple of hours experimenting with ink blots.  I started off trying to get the ink onto the paper in splashes.  I drew 2 squares in my note book and had a little play with a few colours.

Encouraged, I then I looked up about blots.  Using watercolour and standard paper, I tried out different techniques.  I hadnt anything to eject the ink out so I pulled apart a soap dispenser and used the hose.  I then blew the ink onto the paper. I then tried folding for a symmetrical blot and not folding, to see the effects.

 I quite like ink so random....

Colour Swatches

Originals scanned at Uni.

The vibrancy of the Pro marker colours are markedly duller in comparison to the scanned version.  I need to print them out to see how going through another process effects the colour.  Interestingly the difference is less with the water colour pencils.  Perhaps its because the pencil colours are more subdued to begin with.

ProMarkers

Water Colour Pencils

Dynamic Composition Task - MOOvement

RuNNeR by MaRi

I had issues trying to get this image smaller, its was far too big for the blogsite it just would not upload.  So i heres a trick. I uploaded it onto skydrive first which reduced the size  and  then uploaded it on to  blogger!  Simple.  Well if that didnt work the other options were scan a print out or print screen.

Anyway I love it - is that so immodest? I can see my model climbing out of its boundaries....  Still I spent far too much time on it

not so quick draw

4 of the 8 quick 2 minute sketches which took me more than 2 minutes.  Contrasted same image twice to see difference results with various media.

I drew this from a random photo and purposely went over my mistakes instead of my usual scrapping and starting again.  I then scanned in colour and b/w.

 

God knows what happened to the other 2 sketches (i am sure we did 8) anyway pretty awful results.  Lots of unnecessary lines. A lot to do....

Blade Runner

I wanted to create a narrative to show my model on the move.  A modern day industrial mechanised model escaping to a more idylic time, coming to rest in the final pastoral scene.

Played with filters and opacity.  Relatively quick as it seem to take direction itself.  I printed and adjusted as I went along.

Play time

 Experimenting with lines, scan settings, shading to give life,  mood,  and movement.

Paper Models

Complexity

Touching, Texture & Contrast

 

Symmetry, Ugliness & Elegance

Puncture Dynamic & Planar