I'm calling this one finished. I like it! It has a very Fall/Halloween feel to it.
Yarn #42 © Paula Pertile5 x 7 Colored pencils on illustration board
To recap, these were the first four steps (details in the last post):
And these were the next four:
Step 5: More color
I added a layer of Polychromo Bistre to everything, to tie the colors together a bit.
Light pressure, sharp sharp pencil, little circular strokes.Step 6: Add the plys
Here I draw in the "plys", the individual strands that wound together make up one whole strand of yarn. It looks cartoonish at this stage, needs more work.
Step 7: Fuzz
Here I added the fuzzy bits and started making it look like yarn.
Step 8: Finish
There are a few steps all together here, but I can't show you absolutely everything because then I'd have to keel you, as they say in the spy movies.
I added more color and more fuzz, but what colors and where and all I'm not telling. I just worked on it until it was done.I put it up for sale in my etsy shop, which I'm having fun with. The other day I made hang tags for my items and had a blast. It reminded me of how I used to "play store" when I was a kid (I played "library" too. Nerd! But I'll bet some of you did too.) For store playing I would make money. I'd draw and color little dimes and nickels and quarters, then cut them out. I can still remember the bad circles I would cut, and how I'd be kinda frustrated because I wanted them to be really round and more perfect. Then I'd line up stuff in my room and have my friends buy it. HA! Now it seems so silly, but oddly prescient, 'cause here I am. The only difference is I don't make my own money anymore.
10 Comments on Yarn #42 - Done, last added: 10/16/2008
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A-W-E-S-O-M-E! I love your fuzz! Thanks again for the WIP, it's going in my saved files! :) xo Rose
Thanks for the step-by-step demo of this yarn pic, Paula, it really shows how much work has gone into it. And, yes, I remember playing 'library'- writing out little tickets for my friends to borrow my books with! Also, 'post office' where I designed sheets of stamps, all individually drawn and hand-perforated with a pin! How nerdy is that?! x
Janet, I think you have me beat with your post office and the perforated stamps! Love it. :~)
Really gorgeous use of texture. I love how intricate everything is - well done :)
this is lovely! and thanks for sharing the process :)
The fuzz really makes it. My eye was fooled at first by the fuzz and overlapping. Nice take on "Strings."
This is really incredible, I am amazed! Very nice!
Love this, it is amazing, I really thought it was wool strands stuck down at first. I played libraries too, infact the other day I found a book from my childhood with the bits of paper for checking out still in it. Made me laugh!
GORGEOUS work!!!
Rosalia
What a wonderful soft feel you have created, love it.