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| 2/19/14 Pilot Hi-Tec-C gel pens, Zig markers, Canson XL 140 lb. paper |
The location of Zoka Coffee where I usually sketch is the one near Green Lake. I love the
spacious room, overstuffed chairs, aged, hardwood floors and especially the
huge, paned windows that bring in so much light.
Just for a change, though, I decided to go to the Zoka near
the U-District today. The space is very different – a long and narrow room in a
more modern building. I thought the interior space would give me new
compositional challenges, but I just got frustrated finding an interesting
angle, so I gave myself a different assignment instead: Make a montage of
simple portraits using as many garish colors as I could. The green guy gave me a
particularly challenging pose: His head was both tilted down at an angle and
partially turned away from me.
Technical notes: I like the brightly colored, fine point of
my Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto Multi Pen
for contour drawing, and its gel ink washes nicely for delicate shading on
faces, but I can’t get the ink to shade deeply enough for most shadows. So that’s
when I bring out the big guns: my Kuretake Zig Clean Color markers. You gotta love that red! It’s the same color I use
when I want just a touch of red for car tail lights, but when mixed with pink gel ink, it takes on a Day-Glo hue.
I love the shading with the eye-popping colors! I love how you captured the pose of the green guy especially!
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