Wood Sprite Flashing
Posted on June 27th, 2010
Wood Sprite Flashing by Amy Crook
I’ll round out my weekend of naked sketches with this impish little sprite, sitting on a branch and flashing the world. I guess he just didn’t feel like putting leaves anywhere but his hair today.
Mom’s wedding went really smoothly and was lovely, and I survived mostly unscathed, except for a blister on one heel from the new shoes. It was very small and had just immediate family, and nobody dropped anything, not even their lines.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: doodle, nfs, nude, pencil, wood sprite
Nude Man Reaching
Posted on June 26th, 2010
Nude Man Reaching by Amy Crook
Another nude sketch today, his hands & feet are a little out of proportion but I really liked the line his body made in my head, and that’s what I tried hardest to get out onto the paper. Hands and feet are always so fiddly, when I’m just doodling I don’t always want to erase a dozen times to get them right.
Wedding today, wish me luck! Not that I have much to do other than stand around and smile and look awkward in my dress, but I’m getting about socialified out and there’s still a few more days of people in my future before I can go back to my hermit life.
Categories: Daily Art, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: doodle, nfs, nude, pencil
Nude Girl doodle
Posted on June 25th, 2010
Naked Girl doodle by Amy Crook
I’m busy with prep for Mom’s wedding, so have doodle! It’s a nude woman curled in a fetal position, looking over her shoulder at something that displeases her. Inspired by any number of iconic anime, tv and movie moments, though they usually do a better job of hiding the nipples. Enjoy!
Categories: Daily Art, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: doodle, nfs, nude, pencil
Icon
Posted on June 24th, 2010
Icon, 1″x1″ etching on a 10″x4″ piece of watercolor paper
This is another tiny etching plate, which I inked using a method where the figure, who was etched deep enough to leave an impression in the paper, was inked in yellow, then the plate was wiped mostly clean and the rest of the surface was re-inked in red.
In classical art, yellow is the color of suffering, and of course in modern times we’re all about red for pain and blood. The diluted ink actually bled down the paper a little when it was run through the press, adding to the symbolism.
I actually did a whole series of crucifixion pieces during that time period, though this is definitely the smallest of the lot — the plate itself is only one inch square.
Icon, detail, by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books
Tags: crucifix, etching, for sale, intaglio, red, small plates, yellow
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Dichotomies
Posted on June 23rd, 2010
Dichotomies, 4″x6″ etchings on watercolor paper
This print uses two small etching plates together in composition. The large plate was a piece of the same found plate from yesterday’s art, and the small plate is one of my series of smaller plates for use in larger pieces, which you can see was inked in two different colors and printed over the darker plate. I’m more pleased with the final result on this one, I think, but I like the contrast between the two pieces.
You can see how the natural deckle edge from a larger sheet of watercolor paper forms the bottom, where the hand-torn edges give character to the other three sides. I was always a bit careless about the process of breaking down the bigger sheets, so this, like many of my prints, isn’t really a perfect rectangle.
Because of the way the composition was created out of several different hand-inked and hand-placed plates, it’s one of a kind.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art
Tags: etching, for sale, small plates
Untitled Print 1
Posted on June 22nd, 2010
Untitled Print 1, 4″x6″ etchings on watercolor paper
This print uses three small etching plates together in composition. The large plate was a bit of found art — a larger piece left behind by some other artists and cut up into intriguing shapes with no real connection to the original composition. The two smaller plates were part of a series of little, reusable etching plates I made by hand.
I have another print like this that I’ll post tomorrow, which uses a different portion of the found plate and another of the small plates in a similar manner.
Because of the way the composition was created out of several different hand-inked and hand-placed plates, it’s one of a kind.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art
Tags: etching, for sale, small plates
Ophiuchus
Posted on June 21st, 2010
Ophiuchus by Amy Crook
The second Starcycles Calendar I ever laid out was in 2001, and when Georgia asked for Ophiuchus on the cover, I decided to dive in with an oil painting. The image wrapped around the book, so the snake’s tail and field of stars were the back cover, while the figure was the main focus on the front.
Ophiuchus, 9″x12″ oil on canvas, sold.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books
Tags: constellation, greek myth, nfs, oil painting, snake, starcycles
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