I wanted to upload one more of this image with some of the shading on the bodies & the softened edges for the "claw". I decided they were just too harsh & sharp. They work better for the piece with softer form and still appear foreboding and fierce. I've added much more color repetition in the claw form as well with more green in the top & reds in the ends.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Mother's Fear Triptych Ada
I wanted to upload one more of this image with some of the shading on the bodies & the softened edges for the "claw". I decided they were just too harsh & sharp. They work better for the piece with softer form and still appear foreboding and fierce. I've added much more color repetition in the claw form as well with more green in the top & reds in the ends.
Mother's Fear Triptych Ada
Well, I haven't upoaded about Ada from Mother's Fear in a long time & I wanted to get some of the new process stuff up. When we last saw Ada & me, Ada still didn't really have a face & my face was barely visible. The colors in the background were established but had very sharp piercing edges...
This is a close-up view of the image after I started adding more work to Ada's face. I'm adding a lot of warm tones to the flesh of both figures to make the bodies appear warm in comparison to the cold colors of the backgrounds claw shape.
More work on the hair & faces of both figures. This view is slightly distorted because it was propped up on the table. You can see the warmer red, coral colors in the bodies. I'm again dealing with the issue of not over-painting.
This image is a little too light but I'm putting it up so the background "claw-like" form is visible. I know I have to add a great deal more shading to the bodies but I hesitate to do too much as I really want the kids drawings to show. (The background for this one is made from copies of my kids drawings...clearly showing their innocence by their subjects. The claw is made up of newspaper text which relates my fears as a mother.)
This is a close-up of the faces for the piece. I decided to use this close-up as the image for my shows flier even though it isn't complete. I felt that as a process portfolio the image that was advertising the work didn't have to be finished... rather it should show the "gist" of the works. I love this section because of the text on the arm and breast area of the mother. Helena wrote it and it says "I love you more than the sun and the moon and the stars in the sky" which is a "good night" saying I've been saying to her ever since she was an infant. She wrote it on her own, asking me how to spell each word, under one of her drawings for me. The dark area on the shoulder area of my arm is a drawing she made of our van with me driving and all of the kids in the back. Naturally, we are all smiling... as are the butterflies in Ada's face.
This is a close-up view of the image after I started adding more work to Ada's face. I'm adding a lot of warm tones to the flesh of both figures to make the bodies appear warm in comparison to the cold colors of the backgrounds claw shape. 
More work on the hair & faces of both figures. This view is slightly distorted because it was propped up on the table. You can see the warmer red, coral colors in the bodies. I'm again dealing with the issue of not over-painting.
This image is a little too light but I'm putting it up so the background "claw-like" form is visible. I know I have to add a great deal more shading to the bodies but I hesitate to do too much as I really want the kids drawings to show. (The background for this one is made from copies of my kids drawings...clearly showing their innocence by their subjects. The claw is made up of newspaper text which relates my fears as a mother.)
This is a close-up of the faces for the piece. I decided to use this close-up as the image for my shows flier even though it isn't complete. I felt that as a process portfolio the image that was advertising the work didn't have to be finished... rather it should show the "gist" of the works. I love this section because of the text on the arm and breast area of the mother. Helena wrote it and it says "I love you more than the sun and the moon and the stars in the sky" which is a "good night" saying I've been saying to her ever since she was an infant. She wrote it on her own, asking me how to spell each word, under one of her drawings for me. The dark area on the shoulder area of my arm is a drawing she made of our van with me driving and all of the kids in the back. Naturally, we are all smiling... as are the butterflies in Ada's face.
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