All thedrawings I do before coming up with a finished design are done on tracing paper so that elements I like in one drawing can easily transfered to a fresh sheet of paper. Everything is drawn backwards so that when
I'm happy with the drawing on tracing paper it can be flipped over and retraced onto watercolour paper
leaving me a line drawing to ink over.
The next step is too add black shading. Originally I used watercolour, but have found Indian Ink alot easier to use as it dries waterproof so other colours can't mix with it.
While working on this coffee table I found it much easier to freehand elements on rather than pre drawing then as there was such a large surface to cover. As there are alot of elements involved in the piece it was easier to draw the snake first and then add roses and skulls around it.
The full sized tattooed lady followed the same process as the coffee table, of drawing larger designs on first and then adding smaller designs around them as filler.
A beautiful sight.
Unlike this polenta which is being left to go moldy in my studio.
My current work in progress. Will read "when the boat runs ashore, the sea has spoken.
Collaboration piece. All the springs have been taken out making the mannequin making it limp. After i've finished drawing on it, it will become a puppet.
