Pluot and Bosc pear
both are Polychromos on LeCarte sanded paper
both are for sale on Paula Pertile's Pencil.
My inner Illustrator and inner Fine Artist are fighting a duel to the death at the moment. Not sure who will win.
Actually, its a day to day thing, and today the Fine Artist won.
I really do love working on the sanded paper. I have to be careful how I handle it though. The Pluot has a 'boo boo' on the left side where I was holding the paper while drawing, and smudged off the sanded surface. So that piece has been trimmed from its original 8 x 10 down to 7 x 9 to take off that bit.
With the Bosc pear, I taped the drawing down on the back with drafting tape to a piece of cardboard and worked on it without holding it, and that worked better.
I'm doing these at my drawing table, and working on a semi-slanted surface. My other option would be to work at an easel, and clip the paper to a board. Might try that next time. It would also keep my cat from lounging directly on the board and wrapping his tail around the subject matter while I'm trying to draw.
I bought some nice olives to draw today. They'll also make a nice tapenade.
OK, now I'm hungry.
