It’s time to go switch laundry loads, but I’m procrastinating.
Day: November 11, 2007
Rainy Day
It’s disgusting out today. The sky looks like it would like to snow, but it’s too warm for that, so it’s alternating spitting and pouring rain on us. And it’s laundry day, which meant a trek to the other part of the building, which smells like rancid cigarettes and burnt eggs. The stompy girls’ skunky pot smoke is not nearly as offensive!
Polaroids
Overexposed
Medium
Underexposed
I’m still playing with pears, and with the Polaroid Land Camera Ms. Lea gave me. I don’t know if the film is bad, or maybe it’s not the correct film for the camera, or maybe the camera’s light meter is wonky (it does seem to understand that the shutter needs to stay open longer in low light, so that’s a start), or maybe the camera is just possessed by evil spirits. I’m not getting anything like decent–and my criteria for decent is low!–photos from it. They’re fun, though, because you never know what the camera is going to spit out.
Red and Bosc Pears
Red Pear (detail)
I’ve already uploaded details of the top two spreads, but I thought I may as well scan the full pages, too. The top entry was done before the Prismacolor drawing I did this morning. I forgot to put an interleaving sheet of paper between the pages, so the crayon and pencil transferred to the opposite pages. Oops. I also stamped the wrong date on that page. Numbers are hard, m’kay?
Red Pear (detail)
The second was done with watercolor pencils and a Niji water brush. I really like the way these brushes work, and will have to purchase a flat and a larger round when I get a chance. The little round I have is great, but not the right tool for all jobs.
Bosc Pear (detail)
The bottom one is acrylic applied with a Q-tip. One of these days, I’m going to have to actually buy some watercolor and acrylic brushes, but in the meantime, this worked pretty well. The smudgy effect suits Bosc pears, I think, because they’ve got a muted, matte finish.
This was a seriously limited palette: raw umber, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, and a touch of titanium white.
red paper boat 