Thanks Craven
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Originally Posted by barkeyes
Using pencil creates a delicacy to the already intimate feeling of the images. Adding color could be tricky since there is some resemblance to blood vessels and all the complexity we have under our skin. I believe there are a few outsider artists who do that type of work and it looks fascinating but a bit unnerving. It might be fun to add multiple figures.
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Hi barkeyes. Thanks ever so much for taking the time to look at the dancers and think about them. I was interested in using bone, tendon and muscle connections to bring the dancers closer to the female image while maintaining the sense of "tree". But you're very right. I don't want these to give off a creepy vibe. Quite the opposite, actually.
I've considered colour, mainly autumnal hues but certainly I've done the green look doing some of my earlier dancers while using pencil crayons. I think I'll definitely go back there again, maybe investigate washes, ink, stuff like that. And multiple images have always been on the radar. I just want to get the hang of these particular figures first because I think they are starting to work the way I want them to.
Hey fly - glad to have you drop into the thread and take a look around again. You've always been a real booster
I finally finished a new drawing and thought I'll just drop it into this thread with the others. Keep them company, so to speak. Maybe eventually I'll start to see the forest
Tree Dancer Promenade, 12" x 18" pencil on illustration board