Fish eye studycoloured pencil 8 x 5
The glassy eye of this fish attracted me as did the textured skin. Greys, blues and greens with that firey eye. I couldn't resist a small study of it. I'm not even sure what the type of fish is, some sort of perch I think.
I enjoy the process of drawing and seeing if I can produce textures and patterns. The challenge is endless.
Meanwhile, back in the studio, mice start to breed... I wonder when the cat will notice?
I LOVE them!!!! Reminds me of
ReplyDeletemy friend who lived in a Fixer Upper and had a hard time with morning wake up. She was folded over a cup of coffee, one morning, and thought she saw a mouse tail hanging over the door frame. She was about to go back to bed to get more sleep, when her husband came in and saw it, too. A mouse had made a nest, now full of babies, behind the loose door frame.
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Love your mice. Yet, couldn't help but chuckle. I remember when my daughter drew a picture of her bird on her bedroom wall...she was supposed to be taking a nap. At that time...I certainly didn't consider it ART.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be interesting to see this little mouse family progress, as I'm certain it will.
They must have a family name?
This is great, I would love to do something similar on a larger scale.
ReplyDeleteGreat work on the fish eye, Jeanette. It has wonderful patterns and structure.
ReplyDeleteI can see a big future for you among the mice ;)
adding more mice is a good idea :) running along the wall in a row (I'd have a snake drawn following the end of the row of mice though lol kinda odd I guess :p)
ReplyDeletethe eye looks nice, shiny and slimy at the same time as a real fish eye
Annie, oh yes, mice get everywhere! I've got a ton of mice stories from when I lived in old houses. And the barn always has mice of all ages.
ReplyDeleteThe mice were fun to draw Marsha and yes, there may be more.
I had a daughter who used to do wall 'art' as well. I recall a cork wall covering and finger paints in particular...
No, they're nameless at the moment. I'm always open to suggestions. :)
Vic, its easy to scale up any drawing to wall size. Just grid it and you can go from there. I used to do lots of this kind of stuff years ago.
I loved this fish eye Robyn, the colours were unusual compared to the usual slightly matt sheen of greys.
haha, gotta love those mice
Yes a line of them running along would be cute wouldn't it? A snake? Well, there aren't any snakes here, so likely a weasel or mink would grab them. I've never drawn a snake...You've got me thinking now.
Jeanette, you fish eye is excellent and I love your cleverness with the mice. Such cute little things it is hard to know how to get rid of them.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the meeces!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know there were not any snakes there, good to know :) I just assumed there would be almost the same type of snakes there as the rest of Canada :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary. Yes, mice are a real nuisance if they're in your house. I can cope with them in the barn on here on the wall where they don't move!
ReplyDeleteI can't resist them Vivien. They are cute...
Jennifer, as we're on an island, snakes can't swim. I like that fact. We're the same as Ireland which has no snakes either. Except we don't have a story about saints driving them away. :)
I know I've already admired your fish eye, Jeanette but I was reading about Fish Printing today (I kid you not) and thought being on an island you probably have more access to fresh fish than I and you paint great eyes. Let me know if you would like a link. :)
ReplyDeleteWell actually Robyn, after the moratorium, fresh fish is more the rarity than the norm in actual fact.
ReplyDeleteBut printing with fish. Could be interesting. I saw something about body printing the other day and thought of you. By all means send me the link, I'm curious. I may find a fresh fish to turn purple :)
You asked for it Jeanette and if you try fish printing and end up with a funny smell in your studio don't blame the mice!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is different! I just HAVE to try this! Now to find a fish...
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