Rendering in the GRAND Manner...

What, then, is to be considered for these large scale renderings?   

For one, there is an idea been playing with for the past decade or more, but which for various reasons [one being it needed a model, and the original prospect ended declining] was never done, tho the mental visualization has remained strong over the years - "Re-Creation", a view of a huge old tree in the foreground, branches spread across the top of the rendering, behind it being a plateau yard lined with a low wall, and on the left, part of the home back seen, with two women seated on the yard on the right [all this being on a hilltop, with the grass sloping on the right side], one woman facing the viewer but looking at a large board in front of her and in the process of applying to it while holding her left hand to the other as if in a 'halt' position, while the other [original idea called for these women to be twins] sat facing the first, hands in a gesturing, but the eyes blank as is blind, the background being the inner wall of a crater, on which is being seen the ideas being applied to the board - and only the foreground is in color, the background being in the initial blue grisaille...

The second is an old one from many years ago, one of a series, and tho was the initial idea from which the others came [and were indeed done], was itself never done, tho sketched in various amounts over the years - "Vault", an almost aerial view of the interior of an old volcanic upshot out in a desert or rocky area, but the interior seen is vegetated and lush, a hidden oasis as such, and it is the oasis which is seen in color, the rest of the landscape being black and white...

The third is another old idea of many years ago, one actually done but poorly in execution and now lost, only parts of it remaining in Polaroid photos and sketches, but still wanting a revision and better choreographed background which may in part be in color with the central focus and the rest in black and white [or the whole in color] - "Vantage Point", which shows a woman sitting on the edge of a board overlooking water [pool or similar], with above her the vista of Earth, the two seen thru the branches in the foreground of a bonsai, the rest of the landscape playing variations on how the water is arranged, along with the distant mountainesque edge of what is seen as a space pod...

There are many more, but for now these seem most likely to be the first done, as soon as the details are worked out [should the last one, for instance, have a Japanese garden as its locale, and if so, how arranged]...  for the second, what is seen as the oasis [a waterfall and lake in there, along with the lush vegetation?]...   but in any case, plenty food for thought in getting the most out of the projected vistas...

At the least, the intent is to show possibilities of how pen and ink COULD be used, even as a very labor intense manner, as an inspiration well beyond the norm, in the hope there will be greater understanding of the medium - and more...   there are often comments made to the effect that if one wanted such detail and realism in a work, take a photograph - fair enough, IF WHAT IS BEING PHOTOGRAPHED WAS  THE WORLD AROUND...   but - what of the world within the mind? how, then, to show the magnificence if not thru as much the detail and realism given the 'real' world, with the same intent, to draw the viewer into it and explore within it - and, with feedback, thus liberate those pen/ink artists who see more in the real world than most, yet hesitate to devote the time and energy to show that which is considered as such of most important to those artists involved...