I completed a couple drawings recently that I'd like to share with all of you this month. One of them is digital and the other is analog. Both of these works are part of my Stranger series. The digital piece came first:
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| 12 6 2024 Stranger Quartet (Variation II Color) Digital image created with the Sketchbook app |
The analog image came second and is based on the digital version. I started working on it over Christmas break. I wanted to keep the composition mostly the same but with fewer shapes in the background. It started with a preliminary sketch in one of my sketchbooks:
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| Stranger Quartet (Preliminary analog sketch) 9x12 inches Pencil and marker on paper |
After the preliminary sketch I began the final piece on Bristol board. Here it is plus a few detail images:
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| Stranger Quartet (Analog) 1/11/2025 11x14 inches Pencil and marker on Bristol board |
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| Stranger Quartet (Analog) - Detail 1/11/2025 11x14 inches Pencil and marker on Bristol board |
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| Stranger Quartet (Analog) - Detail 1/11/2025 11x14 inches Pencil and marker on Bristol board |
There are things that I enjoy about working digitally and working with analog mediums. I may go into more depth about them in another blog post. For now, I'll say that when I work with analog mediums it is easier for me to keep the entire composition in mind even when I'm working on a small section of the piece. The rest of the picture is always on the periphery. With a digital drawing, because of the amount of zooming in that I do to work on a small section, I temporarily loose sight of the whole picture. It seems that it takes me longer to complete a digital drawing than an analog one. I think all the zooming in and out may have something to do with this.
That's all for now. I'd love to hear what you think of what I've created! Please feel free to post a comment.
If you're curious about learning more about "The Strangers", check out my post from August, 1 2024.
Happy New Year!
- Brian
NOTE: I've had the practice of including the date that I start a drawing in the title for that drawing. This is more consistently true in my digital work. Strangely, I don't do the same thing with my analog work. For instance, I STARTED working on the digital drawing in this post on December 6, 2024 and I worked on it for just over a month. The analog drawing in this post was COMPLETED on January 11, 2025, but I started it a couple of days after Christmas. I feel like I want to come up with a consistent way to label/date my work regardless of the medium.
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