Best Laid Plans
Cow Safari Canceled
So today I was supposed to go on cow safari. I have fists full of film and was anxiously anticipating some bovine adventures with a friend of mine.
Well . . . my tour guide called and canceled because someone had invited her to pizza!!!! Seriously? You want to give up an afternoon with me, clomping through the mud and manure, all the while keeping a wary eye on the many longhorn bulls and heifers with calves. Sheesh.
Yeah . . . Okay I guess that makes sense when I look at it written out in black and white like this. But only a non-artist would forsake painting potential for food.
So, since it’s Sunday and I’m a free agent I finally buckled down and finished my drawing for the new painting. (almost) I got a little tired of drawing spots so the left giraffe’s spots will get put in when I’m actually working on the piece. Here is a photo of the tracing still laying on top of the drawing. Thus, the weird color.
It is a 20 x 22 and will again be on suede in wc pencils. It’s a visually complex image. Part of what took me so long to get it drawn was I was thinking of simplifying it. In the end I really liked the confusion so went with it pretty close to the actual reference photos, which I’ll post later.
HAPPY SPRING YA’ LL!
Tags: WIP
You’re a very forgiving friend Mona, I would definitely still be sulking at having been dumped for pizza! But I’m glad you were able to brush it off and get creative, cos your drawing so far is looking great! Can’t wait to see you start to fill it with colour.
Is it officially spring? I wasn’t sure. I think our clocks go forward and our British Summer Time starts at the end of March, but I’ve actually seen some sun and some growth around here just lately, so it’s coming even if it isn’t official! I think you have different dates for things in the US though.
Wow, that’s gorgeous. Makes me glad your friend got distracted by pizza. Just think, when you do get to go out on cow safari, the weather will be better while you dodge all the annoyed beef and slip-slide on cowpats and snap pictures for later great paintings.
Besides, that looks like a cow and a heifer. Not bovine, but I think female giraffes are called cows, right? One’s quite smaller, looks like a mother and youngster to me. Gorgeous start to what’s going to be another glorious painting. I’m going to have to try suede matboard and watercolor pencil sometime. What brand of watercolor pencils are you using?
Undaunted.
Yup in truth I was a bit disappointed but she is kinda a flaky gal so was not totally unexpected that she canceled.
It was the equinox so I think it’s officially spring. But then I could be wrong.
Robert
I ill address your thoughts in the next post.