There's nothing to my drawing outfit, really. A drafting table with a repurposed Budweiser sign for a lamp, several sharpened 8B graphite pencils, a .5 mm mech pencil when needed, chamois, a kneaded and vinyl eraser, graphite powder, and a sheet of palette paper (basically waxed paper) to keep my hand from smudging.
A draw very observationally, so I use a lot of my own reference photos, National Geographic pages, and internet images for inspiration.
I know. Very pansy. Every professor I've had would sneer at me sitting down, my face buried in a small piece of bristol paper, drawing from photographs. It's just so damn fun. Here's a teaser image:
The adjacent sculpture room is basically a sink, a table for paints and grounds, and a huge pile of styrofoam:
Fischer's is the only place here in Logan I can find who deals with this amount and kind of foam. Giving the warehouse guys donuts every now and then doesn't hurt.
The only thing I found that works for gluing the styrofoam together is this stuff, a spray expansion foam:
I tape the pieces together first, then spray in the cracks to let the foam fill the spaces. Here is an example of a built piece:
I use anything, including my bare hands, to shape the foam. Watch for foam density: the high-density stuff can be a bear to carve.
Next post: shaping foam and layering the texture.
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