Black on Grey on White

We've had a pARTy! Meaning a wee bunch of us (artists) have used one reference pic to create a piece of work. Hugo's photo was the centre of attention and supplied to us by friend and artist  Linda Shantz . Linda runs a small  maternity ward  thouroughbred farm in Canada and Hugo is one of the newborns skipping around the yard. The pARTy rules were very simple. Create a piece of work using the reference within 24 hours. My (homemade) rules a little tougher; create a drawing in under 4 hours, keep loose (cross hatching), keep detail  normal, no tweaking, sign, spray. The difficulty being in the time and the lack of tweaking I allowed myself. Klein Hugo is the result. Not only did I want to highlight his cuteness but also underline delicacy by grounding him with strong edgy shadows. These babies are all legs and I loved the way the shadows extended them even more. Good friend and fellow artist (the other force behind this pARTy) Kim Santini has the full Hug...

pARTied, had a smashing time and no headache to nurse!!! "Belmont's Tail End" Graphite on Paper 36x20 cm (14'x8') Sheona Hamilton-Grant. All rights reserved Went to a virtual art pARTy organised and hosted by fellow artists Kim Santini , Linda Shantz . This simply means one reference pic, one day to produce an inspired piece of work and another day to peek at all the variations on a theme provided by the other participants. This pARTy's reference picture was provide by photographer Juliet Harrison . These are great challenges, especially for someone like me who likes to work too slowly. With such a short dead-line you have to simplify and work loose and ....speed up! Went for the first thing I saw: the bay horses eye and dilated nostril. The diagonal composition emerged from there. Sketched down a few lines (in ink would you believe!) picked up a 2B Derwent and got scribbling on Strathmore Bristol Smooth ( 300 series). Loaded The Killers into the hi-fi...