The end of October already and I've not posted anything yet. Thought I'd better start making up for this lack. To start off here are eight different drawings of a tiny slice of ammonite fossil using different media:


Some sketches from Dorset:


These are based on chalk cliffs:
I started with this photo
This is an oil pastel drawing:
Then I had a go at a (slightly) 3-dimensional version using pieces of card of different thicknesses, then covering them with tissue paper and painting with acrylic paint:
This was a rubbing of the version above which I made using oil pastels:
I love your fossil images Karen - they will be great for interpreting in stitch.
ReplyDeleteI love your ammonite images Karen - they would make great stitched studies.
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