Thought of the Day -

"In life, one ignores the unimportant - in art, one omits it." Ayn  Rand

"Crafting Creation" -Finished

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Closing in on the finish, here is an 'in progress' of layering the section under the counter top, where red earth is layered over the dark prussian blue - 

and close-up to better show the difference between 'before' and 'after', and the color influence...

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The wall has now been finished, and both the beans and the grinder stand out much better than if had left the back as intense as originally done...  next - the base underneath the stone shelf, which is actually a counter top...

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 Taking the F W flesh ink, shaking the bottle [with the lid on, of course], then just dipping the nib end into the bubbles on top, and stroking with this, layering a thin round of the ink [doing it this way because it is an opaque ink and this way can make it transparent], then doing this twice [letting the first round dry, of course], it came out as seen on the right side...

and is sufficient to bring the grinder out from the background, as seen here...  


so will continue with the left side and bring the beans out similarly...

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Layered the sap green over the blue wood grain, and the knob shadows...

but the greyscale shows that the background wall is way TOO dark [see how the grinder top stands out - and the beans would be better seen with a lighter wall], so will have to reconfigure what to use for the wall color - perhaps a tan, which would be muted by the dark blue yet still lighter than the grinder...

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The first layering - light green - on the right door of the cabinet...

 and the left door is now light green layered...












[the first photo has the light green color most accurate...]

 and the whole cabinet now has been layered with the light green...

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Grinder is now more or less done...   now - on to the cabinet...

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The drawer and knob are now colored - the knob with sepia, then red earth, then burnt umber, w/white along the lit edge...   the drawer door is burnt umber, again w/white along the lit edges...

 Doing the grinder box, in progress, showing how the burnt umber is laid...

 and here is the completed layering...

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And the grisaille is finished...  now to get on with getting all into 'living color'...

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Moving along, am in the process of doing the back wall - the area below the shelf is grisailled, and am on the section above the shelf...  then will continue with finishing the cabinet doors...

  and the wall grisaille is finished...   now for the remaining door...

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And the shelf is done...  maybe will add the white highlights later, when all else is also done...

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A wee further along in coloring the stone shelf... can now better see how it will look...  from now on, will go ahead and finish the sepia layer, then each of the others in turn, until the whole shelf looks like on the left...  then will add some white where there are highlights...

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In doing the coloring, the first is the sepia...  then - seen in the far left - comes F W flesh, lemon yellow, and red earth...

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And the left door is now grisailled...  so - on to the other one...

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Got some more wood grain down, despite the somewhat bent nib end [the tips are still together, so the flow runs, but the slight bentness means a more spongy or springy response to laying the ink, necessitating more care and less strong intensity in the color as consequence, meaning more laying over to darken - which can be good, or just more work, depending]...  curling the pen helps, tho the edge being a long thin nib means more likelihood of cutting into the board if turned too much to the side use, as well as more possibility of spreading the nib tips apart if too readily applied - again meaning more care in using...

 and managed some more...   while my hand requires much in the way of frequent rests, is possible might get the rest in by end of the day...   will see...  at the least be done the next day, and the other door begun...