Life Is In The Balance

Primrose, 2.12.23 version, mixed media on paper, 30" sq   Last night I was able to do the preliminary drawing of all the parts...the fifth primrose the last piece. It is very satisfying to see it come together. The rich color of the Caran d'Ache is worth the effort. It takes a lot of pressure to get the nice solid fully saturated color. Sometimes my hands protest a bit! This versions reinforces my interest in having the next drawing include white silhouettes on color, as in the lower left circle. Learn more about my work at KristinHarrisDesign.com. and @kristinharrisdesign

  Drawing #2: Primrose     2.2.23   So begins the perpetual fine tuning of these images. I was not pleased with the color of the seeds pods. Too grey, not the lovely color bending to gold and orange that I am seeing on my samples. Quick order to Dick Blick for Caran d'Ache identified as cinnamon, apricot, canary yellow, desert rose and fast orange? Plenty to do while I wait for them. As I dream ahead I imagine I will not create images that require 5 large drawings of such a complex object....but I'm running with this one as is.   Big Moon, mixed media on paper, 30"x52", 2011  As I review my earlier work (this one is 2011), I was drawn to this image because of the power of the silhouette, especially in contract to the detailed imagery of the rest of the drawing. I will definitely be experimenting with that technique, probably on #3.  Learn more about my work at KristinHarrisDesign.com and @kristinharrisdesign.  

 Today was my test for proof of concept with the color scheme I think will make this drawing pop.

  I am getting swept into this series of drawings in a wonderful way. I have so many ideas and my mind is humming with images. I do have a rule that I must complete each drawing before I proceed to the next. As impatient as I am, I have managed to hold true to that rule as I move from a completed #1Mullein to #2Primrose.     I collected t his stem of an evening primrose from the Narrows Botanical Gardens Pollinators Garden. It captured my attention and will be featured front and center in this drawing of the same name. As you can see, the real object is very small. I shot a photo and printed it 19"x13" so I could get a much better view of the nuanced details in color and form of this plant that retains its beauty as it returns to the soil. The original is close at hand too. I am interested in responding to what I see as the wisdom and perfection of Mother Nature.  These drawings are intuitive combinations of organisms that live together in a community at N...