Baby Sleeping....In Graphite

Jean Kelly · 08-19-2004, 11:26 AM

This is lovely, Geary. It just glows, I'm looking forward to seeing the completed piece.

Jean

Mike Dodson · 08-19-2004, 11:47 AM

Geary,

Beautifully rendered drawing. I like the overall mood the soft edges have created. Nice!

Linda Brandon · 08-19-2004, 06:22 PM

Geary, I love the softness of this drawing. It's beautifully drawn. Please post more.

Chris Saper · 08-19-2004, 07:50 PM

Geary,

What a wonderful drawing! It is so very difficult to show the soft round forms in an infant's face, without either over modeling them, or losing them altogether. Very, very beautiful.

Geary Wootten · 08-19-2004, 08:38 PM

To CIndy, Pat, Michele, Heidi, Jean, Mike, Linda and Chris:

Thanks for the generous compliments. I'm just so glad to finally get to the point in my life where I'll be able to spend more time on drawing and painting. These truly are the best days of our lives. (why did I have to have a heart attack to remind me of that? .....Ha!

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The better news being I'm getting more commission work. The BEST news is.....I don't CARE if I get any more commission jobs. HA! I'm in LOVE again with my true art form. Sign work is just there now to support my Art habit.....instead of the other way around. (right Heidi?

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Update in a day or so....

-Geary

Geary Wootten · 08-27-2004, 12:44 AM

Ok...so....it's been a little more than a "day or so"....I've been a busier than a long tailed cat in a room full of rockers!

I'm trying to start 8 different pieces at once plus running a sign shop! To add to the wonderful madness..... I've been doing a "low tech" video of this piece. I'm trying my hand at creating an instructional video CD, using just MPEGS and JPEGS. (What's wrong with me?!

In this session I've spent more time just putting in hints of the background of the couch. Don't know about you all but I'm not interested in spending four times the work on what's in back of the subject.

The way I've acheieved this is to pull out shapes by daubing the graphite with a kneaded eraser and BluTack poster putty.

So far, I've got about 8 hours in this one. I'm 90% finished.

-Geary

Patricia Joyce · 08-27-2004, 09:45 AM

Really like this one with the background less intense putting more emphasis on this sweet face!! Beautiful! BTW what is blue tack and how is it different?

Denise Hall · 08-31-2004, 08:32 PM

Thank you for posting a beautiful drawing with some of the most beautifully rendered baby hair I've ever seen . You really know your materials - and it has such a fresh appearance.

Yes, please keep us updated! So glad you are doing well after your heart attack.

Denise

Geary Wootten · 09-19-2004, 12:23 AM

Thanks Denise for the very kind words.

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Well Folks.....this one's been sprayed.....finally, after much fiming and documentation. It was a total of about 20 hours on this one. This is about my average timing on the 11x14 bristol pieces. I will say that I had a great "flow" in this one and I think it was largely due to the fact that I had total control over the lighting and was able to do some sketches and notes while visiting this little guy in my daughter's home. I'm really finding out first hand how valuable it is to take one's own shots in copius amounts.

Thanks for looking.

-Geary

Jimmie Arroyo · 09-19-2004, 09:16 AM

Geary, can't believe you this started a month ago, I miss so many posts I'd like to reply to. Ughh.

This came out great, it's your best piece yet. You must be proud for both the drawing and your grandson. The sensitivity towards it shows love for the subject. It may have not been so with someone else's child. I'm sure there was many times that you smiled at the drawing and thought of Scout as you stood back to take the whole thing in. Congratulations.