Clocking Out!

Two straight weeks of drawing here at the Residency. Sitting in front of the tv watching the one bad English channel and cramping up my hand into a massive knot.



First it's the out line of the siloutte after figuring out where all the overlaps will be.



Then about two hours later it's filled in. It takes two hours because you have to constantly move around and change directions so that the paper doesn't get too wet in any one spot and buckle. It also gives the black a nice velvety look that the silkscreens don't have.



Then about two more hours of filling in the overlaps with the most even, light pencil layer you could imagine. It's harder than you would think to do a wide flat grey with a mechanical pencil. It's usually harder than I would think too.




Then I do this really time-consuming faded line around the clear shapes. When they are done, the inside white of the clear shapes looks like a completely different white than the white of the paper. Who likes optic tricks?


I got six done that I like and will take home with me. They are already packed and safe to go. Frames are in the mail and they go up in the gallery in Febuary or May or something like that. I'm getting pretty good at deadlines. Who's all grown up?



I probably did another six that all, somehow or another, got buffooned-up and abandoned, either right before or after they were done.



Melissa engraved 8 woodblocks.



Her inspiration was rupees and victorian table-setting charts.











hese are a bit larger.









Now it's time for the "vacation" part of our trip. We fly south after two nights in Kolkata for some good beachy relaxation. We may not have too much internet connection, so if I don't get another chance, have a good holiday.