December 29, 2006

  •          horse drawing  

       My final picture for 2006 was finished Wednesday evening for an online art show. It's a horse done in pen & ink, the old-fashioned way with pen nibs & a bottle of peat colored ink. That's a toned calligraphy paper it's on, to resemble an antique engraving. Titled "Sable Stallion", it's a simplistic drawing, but isn't intended as a major work. I had to start it over 3 times when various things would go wrong. Pen & ink is an unforgiving medium, as you can't hide your mistakes. That makes me nervous, leading to even more mistakes. All of the details aren't visible in the scan, but you get the idea.

        Next year will be full of art projects; I've already got 3 commissions, plus there's the Cold-Blooded Creations show in summer & the craft show in Nov. to plan for, in addition to online shows. It's reassuring to have events on the horizon as well as hope for new venues. I'm feeling artistically optimistic about 2007.

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