Latin Rock #1
Latin Rock
I’ve retired my one arm manikin for now, and have a new model for my warm up excerises. Say Hello to the Latin Rock! This rock I picked up when I was in Canada and visting Mt.Revelstoke . Its a piece of Hematite and I don’t know why, I haven’t thought of using it to draw before as its absolute great.
Firstly, with the aide of a torch I can create hundreds of different shapes, I’ve posted a few pictures up here on flickr, such as this one to show you what I mean.
Secondly, there is the surface;One side of the rock, the iron ore is exposed and is rich in reds and brown and relatively smooth. The other side, is grey and looks like its gone through some heat and compression, which has left grooves and layers.
Thirdly, Its small and fits nicely on the shelve next to my desk and it was free. What more could you want ?
For my first drawing, I thought I would get out just the B pencils that I use and not worry about detail or shape so much,but instead focus on where I would use those pencils on the drawing.
Good idea using the rock as an exercise! Usual exercises are booooring, eh!
thanks for the comment, certantly plenty of scope on the rock