EDM Challenge - ear

I've actually managed to do one of the challenges. This is my husband's ear drawn in pencil.

A variety of drawings...

Today I am posting a range of drawings that I have done recently.

While in Melbourne I found Moleskine notebooks for sale and bought one to take home and try. While at the Picasso exhibition I found that I was wanting to take notes so I went to the NGV shop to see if I could buy a journal to make some notes as I looked at the exhibition and found that they sold Moleskine notebooks there too. So I bought one and took some notes and voila!

I have found that I really like the notebook. It is a great size for carrying in my bag and I really like the elastic band that keeps it closed. I have used watercolour pencils in it regularly and find that it takes the water okay as long as I am sparing with the amount of water I use.

Here is a pen drawing of a seat on the plane home from Melbourne.

When I arrive home Louis is delighted to see me and has a great need to be with me every second. Here is a drawing of him sleeping near me on the lounge chair. I used watercolour pencils and found that his hair wasn't nearly as difficult to do as I had previously found it.

He is a dear little thing when he is asleep but can be quite mischievous when he is awake.

Below is another drawing of Louis, this time in pen and from the opposite chair.

A painting

I've been working on a new painting. As you will see, it is quite abstract and uses a number of techniques and different media.

The first photos show some washes painted in so I could cover over the white canvas.

Here is the next one with some darker areas being blocked in to create a little depth.

More areas have been painted in as well as papers laid and stencils and stamping.
















And here is the latest version. I don't know yet if it is finished or if it needs more but I do like it and it has met many of my goals for this painting. Those were to paint an abstract painting and to use a variety of media and collage techniques. And the biggest goal of all - to do something!!

I would welcome your comments - is it finished? Is it missing anything? Does it work?