"macro micro IV" and "macro micro IV" detail
charcoal and conte, | 9"x14" |
Starting to figure out how best to lay down detail in the root system. Curious enough to realize that the stump, the slice of the tree, is merely a baton with the stem as the middle and the branches, both above ground and below, resemble one another for the sake of the tree organism's balance. However, I've noticed that some stumps from the shrub or bush variety produce a Koosh ball effect.
Using the eraser and white conte to emphasize certain areas of information when making the marks is as especially fun to inform around the deeper areas to enunciate depth. Changed up the way to contain the stump island mass by experimenting with definite or suggested form lines. You can see it in the detail.
Influences in no particular order: earl grey tea (yuck); Vivaldi, "Night on Bald Mountain", Stephen Gammell, and Jessica Scott Felder, and a mitten on a 7 month old oak sapling.
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