Jennifer Ridder's Renderings: June 2013

Happy Monday! I'm sorry this post is a couple days late. Last week got a little hecktic, but we're back on track. Fathers' Day Sunday's word was Radar; inspired by the song 'Radar Love' by Golden Earring. Here's what I came up with from start to finish:

Thumbnails

Stage 1: Drawing

Stage 2: Let the painting begin

Stage 3: finishing up.

Cut out and Scan the painting

Edit in PhotoShop

Ta Da! The Final Outcome!

This Thursday I'm heading up to Sauble Beach where I hope to do a lot of relaxing and even more illustrating. Stay tuned for another Word of the Week Illustration, and whatever else I come up with while soaking up the sun and chillin' by a fire!

~ Cheers, and if I don't talk to you before then, have a happy and safe Canada Day everyone [Or a wonderful weekend to all my friends not residing in Canada :) ]

Good Morning,

I hope everyone is having a fantastic Friday -- Don't worry, only a few more hours!

Last sunday I posted on my Facebook page that I was going to get back in the habit of creating weekly illustrations. The plan is that every Sunday I'll post a word (hopefully not as strange as the first one I posted), and then people will post words they think of after reading the one I post. From there I'll use those words to create the illustration. It would also be really cool if people joined in on the fun to see what other interpretations come about.

Last Sunday's word was Stichomythia (Sticho-what?).

Google defines it as:

Noun; Dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse, used as a stylistic device in ancient Greek drama.

The words I got back for it were: ancient, play, converse, dramatic, and over-the-top.

Thumbnail Sketches

To start any project, I begin with a series of thumbnail sketches. One image stuck in my head this time and I really couldn't shake it.

I know the definition talks about conversation, and ancient Greek drama, but I couldn't get the Shakespearian era out of my head. The classic stage curtain, mixed with grecian goddess dresses lead me to an image of a personified curtain dancing.

Ancient=geek goddess

Play= 'playful' imagery, and Shakespeare's plays.

Dramatic= Personification.

Next, I prepared a 5"x7" image area on a piece of watercolour paper and began drawing my image. Then the fun started when I got to the paint. Turned on the classical music and away I went. I put tape 1/8" outside of the image area creating a 'bleed'. the bleed is there so that when I cut my image out, I won't get those annoying white edges.