Ballpoint pen drawings of water for the projected animation titled, and the ship sails on.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpRq4VYS99HVbctdbf1BHLeqOP0fAEjZprrALz74MRDH19l7MB5OAz7A71-FEyESmgVT4T41Uum4rEskoKc62i28koK-h6PQ77ZVrM1khqICpJLYbA3JCy8ro201vC4_kIY2nmOc9FIk/s1600/Background_Ocean.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpRq4VYS99HVbctdbf1BHLeqOP0fAEjZprrALz74MRDH19l7MB5OAz7A71-FEyESmgVT4T41Uum4rEskoKc62i28koK-h6PQ77ZVrM1khqICpJLYbA3JCy8ro201vC4_kIY2nmOc9FIk/s400/Background_Ocean.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ballpoint pen renderings of Water and decoy ducks - </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">image and layout created by animator Lukasz Pater.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxauHrSN_Joqht37QTli8AcSMFF2cxrwmplSpiYQbr5g2T8ia2OL_nQsPSEtneaaO7iIApNYgmVIa_jgXPUYcoGB_uNef23EfcswwwmCLLBP_6uernV5RFcVom8n1BauR2rGaeczaFMJY/s1600/pattern+option+for+decoy-duck+two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxauHrSN_Joqht37QTli8AcSMFF2cxrwmplSpiYQbr5g2T8ia2OL_nQsPSEtneaaO7iIApNYgmVIa_jgXPUYcoGB_uNef23EfcswwwmCLLBP_6uernV5RFcVom8n1BauR2rGaeczaFMJY/s400/pattern+option+for+decoy-duck+two.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water renderings, pattern option two</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmhuLeXiDAZBzmN4Ik4yp0P6wb-NcV1TJ9BHAGahgz8TiXnDvC044InC18u91ta5BZS5xPC0hS0hHO1ejDw9JKGnCZyq2mveyXm9B-VZMqs_KLR_XsnkJJg9ni2hmVG80rqqaWG8A1Jw/s1600/water+drawing+first+option.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmhuLeXiDAZBzmN4Ik4yp0P6wb-NcV1TJ9BHAGahgz8TiXnDvC044InC18u91ta5BZS5xPC0hS0hHO1ejDw9JKGnCZyq2mveyXm9B-VZMqs_KLR_XsnkJJg9ni2hmVG80rqqaWG8A1Jw/s200/water+drawing+first+option.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water rendering, option one</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I have had to go back to the drawing board, redrawing the water, making up the major part of the projected animation. The water renderings  are too complex (busy) conflicting with the dragon . The animated five-clawed dragon will be projected moving amongst the three-dimensional decoy-ducks, stretching out his limbs and with his claws he will bring forth positive change.  </span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79CxWiEaWP7ThGXcTPGM-om5aJXsIfQqJRqCVzqfoB_EyRm7K_VpAH-BKPij3V6nHu2z2oRA1TfIlsxhIQh9MSDB4Vz_ZAv0rdnN_GbTRyW9DMUjdsnyRMsiJ1VfazwsOOr0rx6XQpSM/s1600/water+pattern+options+first.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79CxWiEaWP7ThGXcTPGM-om5aJXsIfQqJRqCVzqfoB_EyRm7K_VpAH-BKPij3V6nHu2z2oRA1TfIlsxhIQh9MSDB4Vz_ZAv0rdnN_GbTRyW9DMUjdsnyRMsiJ1VfazwsOOr0rx6XQpSM/s400/water+pattern+options+first.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water renderings, pattern option one</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUhTfy09S5lmR1vbljcZZmSpCyVODaLUT1Fz7bLVYCG2LTNFoXLP6j3yYotCKf-UmkOXldKUzz7usUtdqNXd5QFoZ2Nt_bJlJbO4qgTQ0cguCfohVxkgkKZz-M3fGOvKvvNR4K_S2giM/s1600/water+drawing+second+option.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUhTfy09S5lmR1vbljcZZmSpCyVODaLUT1Fz7bLVYCG2LTNFoXLP6j3yYotCKf-UmkOXldKUzz7usUtdqNXd5QFoZ2Nt_bJlJbO4qgTQ0cguCfohVxkgkKZz-M3fGOvKvvNR4K_S2giM/s400/water+drawing+second+option.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water rendering option two</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTli2KqRZ0utf5Dv7OHP3u-1WP2K_jUhi535qUz3z8pXr0D4e1bfpyAalb0dxS9NgDCgkjiwCYjDdKYkXSjEKBucNjPdRo2loOF85Mz2dFhMEV0CU4GbMW3FYoyJjgxC3tZKB4yewdNPI/s1600/water+for+previous+animation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTli2KqRZ0utf5Dv7OHP3u-1WP2K_jUhi535qUz3z8pXr0D4e1bfpyAalb0dxS9NgDCgkjiwCYjDdKYkXSjEKBucNjPdRo2loOF85Mz2dFhMEV0CU4GbMW3FYoyJjgxC3tZKB4yewdNPI/s200/water+for+previous+animation.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I had to render water for the second animation titled <i>woe-man.</i> It was very simple and I could use it again. But I wanted this animation to be fresh and closely associated to the reference material. The moon flask as depicted below. We are also trying to keep it simple ensuring the animated image integrates well with the form and the shape of the decoy ducks, and of course the shape and size of the wooden base. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlfWqM0CRadq_PfEkPGI27M7pXlDnouXSWcbaVMD4yqHx5Imrfl8VTbnqKNSxzky6EvMLjaGsSCm5X7QjCnYFDv9WxCKvDy8i6AJ18md9l2J5Y_VnGnm4uVo5n7EmzS93yvRUv1jeBKk/s1600/High+definition+shot+of+drawings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlfWqM0CRadq_PfEkPGI27M7pXlDnouXSWcbaVMD4yqHx5Imrfl8VTbnqKNSxzky6EvMLjaGsSCm5X7QjCnYFDv9WxCKvDy8i6AJ18md9l2J5Y_VnGnm4uVo5n7EmzS93yvRUv1jeBKk/s400/High+definition+shot+of+drawings.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUefSiAJUwKOTbZF6jh4YeZMyto8hGMrQIPNY4psKZXZhyTeJ6fet_Q7x9roHVfvZ5_R3hJGPHwqsue8L8fsVtkN3ikAU1XeVwGRz4aZ0PUYn3gZCTW5aK_4SiXqvMDZ6Pi_up8IDdwY/s1600/a+great+way+to+start+-+high+definition+projection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUefSiAJUwKOTbZF6jh4YeZMyto8hGMrQIPNY4psKZXZhyTeJ6fet_Q7x9roHVfvZ5_R3hJGPHwqsue8L8fsVtkN3ikAU1XeVwGRz4aZ0PUYn3gZCTW5aK_4SiXqvMDZ6Pi_up8IDdwY/s400/a+great+way+to+start+-+high+definition+projection.jpg" width="361" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">High definition projectors make a big difference</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvIzKJUd2w1sQ8Zw3xyFpt-KMoE2KzzIk9obCQ_Y9WZ7Ir9ZE6OGIRKLcE2llIltCMygZMgpy_wwbYQ4m6wFbZLbH_GBlNYyLyT9EuVcuhUO-qgzYm8mNvleQ-vqsuGIAeUcMDediOO8/s1600/pattern+option+water+woe-man+animation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvIzKJUd2w1sQ8Zw3xyFpt-KMoE2KzzIk9obCQ_Y9WZ7Ir9ZE6OGIRKLcE2llIltCMygZMgpy_wwbYQ4m6wFbZLbH_GBlNYyLyT9EuVcuhUO-qgzYm8mNvleQ-vqsuGIAeUcMDediOO8/s200/pattern+option+water+woe-man+animation.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">We need enough open, uncluttered space in between the decoy-ducks for the animated dragon to move freely and be visible in the renderings of the water, without creating confusion. Striking a balance is of the essence. I therefore had to spend two afternoons exploring new creative possibilities to render the water. The second set of drawings were equally complex and I decided to refer back to the original reference, the water as depicted in the surface decoration of the inspirational moon flask. <o:p></o:p></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrJMFkBYyNK-1HNuCYk8m_ZGGtc9izgUHeGZXYneCnRgbt-U89po9H9BJGGPibU5rNK5wlhj8mn9UmRdyYoDDA7sOzeJ9yyxrUxZ6jG8617OrnlyhgBaa1c83L22SacvXtWeFaoiniQ0/s1600/Scanned+image+of+moonsflask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrJMFkBYyNK-1HNuCYk8m_ZGGtc9izgUHeGZXYneCnRgbt-U89po9H9BJGGPibU5rNK5wlhj8mn9UmRdyYoDDA7sOzeJ9yyxrUxZ6jG8617OrnlyhgBaa1c83L22SacvXtWeFaoiniQ0/s400/Scanned+image+of+moonsflask.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inspirational moonflask</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhts89w-7Ge3GJ5oZbQwVVhYnpk5oAccFdp99dOrHpjb5bYRxEqch3AcpAyL7oekU0PJLWWikTDFXkWZpPz5SMtPGE0GxBMeNlolpKeKedvM5VoUekPGNlKc2V03Ne0rhJyJw0t6babTjQ/s1600/water+drawing+third+option.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhts89w-7Ge3GJ5oZbQwVVhYnpk5oAccFdp99dOrHpjb5bYRxEqch3AcpAyL7oekU0PJLWWikTDFXkWZpPz5SMtPGE0GxBMeNlolpKeKedvM5VoUekPGNlKc2V03Ne0rhJyJw0t6babTjQ/s400/water+drawing+third+option.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water rendering option three</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXC6lcHg79_1QXo0WeO-NTnFLs-1YfJ1ueexYzOKL7Tc0oi0AjBifJA3BBWyh64oCKYY31wqVwoO7HhKM3yvJJYRcoj6kwEzCLR1MpGKtsmgcc9d3Q8riPJq0GGGMQEtRwrFln5zv0Gus/s1600/water+cobalt+painting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXC6lcHg79_1QXo0WeO-NTnFLs-1YfJ1ueexYzOKL7Tc0oi0AjBifJA3BBWyh64oCKYY31wqVwoO7HhKM3yvJJYRcoj6kwEzCLR1MpGKtsmgcc9d3Q8riPJq0GGGMQEtRwrFln5zv0Gus/s200/water+cobalt+painting.jpg" width="170" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">In the end I took inspiration from the simple yet appropriate cobalt painted decoration that covers the background of the moonflask shown here (image on the left). The chosen image, rendered in ball-point pen, a more three dimensional approach, provides us with an opportunity to have open spaces though which the dragon can move and be easily visible without creating confusion or making the visual representation to complex (busy) as mentioned before.<o:p></o:p></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwv2GjPr4vf45JPYz2eb68EmCc84kDUFl_EDZOnMMsOXH_umMvGoXbcev2Vjqy9tNoDpWriiz3t5bbFu6pfDF2X4mQHI48vs7lj2_NYVyblNonLsC8axKuey5R1Ny9uX7pH7kmkUCbus/s1600/pattern+option+for+decoy-duck+three.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="175" id=":current_picnik_image" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwv2GjPr4vf45JPYz2eb68EmCc84kDUFl_EDZOnMMsOXH_umMvGoXbcev2Vjqy9tNoDpWriiz3t5bbFu6pfDF2X4mQHI48vs7lj2_NYVyblNonLsC8axKuey5R1Ny9uX7pH7kmkUCbus/s400/pattern+option+for+decoy-duck+three.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water renderings, pattern option three</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYW9big9iEzQnzsbWNWoW0YXphq_oBELAAXvKOpB7wUoHeuF1H11FqaGgO8MVoK7HvvNTdw_ZkmVSQul4HMq0yNW_KSaDWyu7ugDLakJglZ57WDev0L6dmKndbYln7uOZIENAXl8xWmg/s1600/pattern+option+for+decoy-duck+three+simple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYW9big9iEzQnzsbWNWoW0YXphq_oBELAAXvKOpB7wUoHeuF1H11FqaGgO8MVoK7HvvNTdw_ZkmVSQul4HMq0yNW_KSaDWyu7ugDLakJglZ57WDev0L6dmKndbYln7uOZIENAXl8xWmg/s400/pattern+option+for+decoy-duck+three+simple.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water renderings, pattern option final</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div></div>

Ballpoint pen drawings of water for the projected animation titled, and the ship sails on.

Ballpoint pen renderings of Water and decoy ducks -  image and layout created by animator Lukasz Pater. Water renderings, pattern option two...

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Ballpoint pen drawings of Peony sprays; pattern options.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzFs9C5KQ-mEYJ_O2suh3Up9nYim3jQpjHlk1SWPV2c2H6BaAcDXPHvBnqEfZgVAwtaIyGFQW3N79Ga5TvR4CRXCrgurYPLPSVsBrOVyf4qwNBWuQyDJlTOCD1IH8ARDm8q4E-MW-xfg/s1600/peony+sprays+repeat+pattern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzFs9C5KQ-mEYJ_O2suh3Up9nYim3jQpjHlk1SWPV2c2H6BaAcDXPHvBnqEfZgVAwtaIyGFQW3N79Ga5TvR4CRXCrgurYPLPSVsBrOVyf4qwNBWuQyDJlTOCD1IH8ARDm8q4E-MW-xfg/s400/peony+sprays+repeat+pattern.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More peony sprays, pattern options. Ballpoint pen drawings.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE7upatcXKzZaCoyUcYcz4_2dcczObMKP7QBiEeoeWVwx8smFd35mRBiU-9uEOtMH5PAfSVXCeaLDFeI2N-z2vHTqb5lLQbIw2Ed9Sl2zTeR0ur1TOEyarmNvjBtsyha3ib9ayjboaNw/s1600/more+peony+sprays+greener.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE7upatcXKzZaCoyUcYcz4_2dcczObMKP7QBiEeoeWVwx8smFd35mRBiU-9uEOtMH5PAfSVXCeaLDFeI2N-z2vHTqb5lLQbIw2Ed9Sl2zTeR0ur1TOEyarmNvjBtsyha3ib9ayjboaNw/s200/more+peony+sprays+greener.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ballpoint pen drawings<br /> of peony sprays original.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This blog post is an extension of the previous entry, showcasing more drawings for the animators to work with. It reveals fur</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ther colour options for the peony sprays in a variety of patterns. As stated the peony decoration will be projected on the decoy ducks and refers metaphorically to positive change brought about by the advances of the five clawed dragon. For details refer to the previous blog entry. I still need to do a yellow and maybe an orange peony. It is envisaged that the installation with projection will take the form of a cycle; from a clean bright white installation, moving into blue and white decoration followed by a wide range of colour, the peony sprays showcased here, and finally darkness, the shadow cast by the dragon. Before the cycle repeats itself. </span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RZorJVHfji3KIG55mUJate0SPuAdtUCU-GQJhxN_aT9aQ4BaSrAG2cT3zai0SF9r91U1VfdRlOFPTE-8YpqT9dHxMxLymVC9QU0UEgL4VhqK-lnf4YENSXW4M96VKtwFI0TdZP6RgO0/s1600/peony+sprays+and+repeat+pattern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RZorJVHfji3KIG55mUJate0SPuAdtUCU-GQJhxN_aT9aQ4BaSrAG2cT3zai0SF9r91U1VfdRlOFPTE-8YpqT9dHxMxLymVC9QU0UEgL4VhqK-lnf4YENSXW4M96VKtwFI0TdZP6RgO0/s400/peony+sprays+and+repeat+pattern.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More ballpoint pen drawings of peony sprays (original on the right)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The dragon will move in the water amongst the decoy ducks as captured in the image below. The drawing and photo montage is not completed yet. The water as well as the decoy ducks require detail and surface decoration to set the scene for the next stage in the design development. All these drawings are being captured in a book for next week's discussion with the animators to address a number of critical factors. They include the size of the installation, the number of products and their individual sizes. This will be determined by the size of the projected ceramic decoration - surface development options. The peony sprays needs to be big enough to have the desired impact. The dragon will not be a drawn but a scanned image of the actual five-clawed dragon, as captured below. Everything else will be drawn and animated in the projection. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ODRnO41oINbByuxt9PZoA3mC-3chswVGRBex8gjAr8Xm1uThUQpxE80ZZAqX_8kFPV0Wpnr8IHWenk_gz1GeS1OmZSOOeSyRt7kEB0A0ClY0mg_dl3HwcNFEYBRoCwGKcZk-tOuDCU8/s1600/dragon+and+decoy-ducks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ODRnO41oINbByuxt9PZoA3mC-3chswVGRBex8gjAr8Xm1uThUQpxE80ZZAqX_8kFPV0Wpnr8IHWenk_gz1GeS1OmZSOOeSyRt7kEB0A0ClY0mg_dl3HwcNFEYBRoCwGKcZk-tOuDCU8/s400/dragon+and+decoy-ducks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In other words the ceramic installation  will consist of undecorated high fired ceramic sculptures of decoy ducks and mountains. The decoration will all be projected and animated. </span></span></div></div>

Ballpoint pen drawings of Peony sprays; pattern options.

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Ballpoint pen drawings of peony and foliage.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilp_pcxY3uGyIGor-4JyVaMnpkzJ7viigqYnX64DGTrMQIVYeILXz7RbLXctL_nHohbDTVfgWGNyvgesOrOsxEpFVz4ZW-29lZoNi9hQgw72aDq_3qM1YBOd8aWspY2ALtnT-ZmgW5buE/s1600/Ballpoint+pen+drawing+of+Peony+on+fire+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilp_pcxY3uGyIGor-4JyVaMnpkzJ7viigqYnX64DGTrMQIVYeILXz7RbLXctL_nHohbDTVfgWGNyvgesOrOsxEpFVz4ZW-29lZoNi9hQgw72aDq_3qM1YBOd8aWspY2ALtnT-ZmgW5buE/s400/Ballpoint+pen+drawing+of+Peony+on+fire+.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ballpoint pen drawing of peony and foliage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The next stage of the animated projection will feature the five clawed dragon moving through the water displaying his power over the elements, ensuring growth, the much anticipated changes of spring and summer seasons, as reflected in the luxuriant flowers and foliage. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0gNZvobJRUn-SG6EMsnvs5w7feRAk6uhAqThqteXcbShyphenhyphenrRb8qBV7E1mfHHhmZofZEvKVBhcdugD4p1bHJGFtva-dOL-4PLVRaZoE0rRMCpERGeBVGZ9V_v6UlrENrhwMqZPuBh2qnI/s1600/pattern+option+two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0gNZvobJRUn-SG6EMsnvs5w7feRAk6uhAqThqteXcbShyphenhyphenrRb8qBV7E1mfHHhmZofZEvKVBhcdugD4p1bHJGFtva-dOL-4PLVRaZoE0rRMCpERGeBVGZ9V_v6UlrENrhwMqZPuBh2qnI/s400/pattern+option+two.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As mentioned in a previous blog post, the dragon is China's most significant spiritual animal as Nike recently discovered; they had to withdraw an advertisement that incorporated the slaying of a five clawed dragon - a national heritage symbol of strength and power. The dragon has power over the rain, the wind and water. The heavenly dragon, unlike its European counterpart, is therefore not an evil creature. It promotes good luck as well as warding off evil spirits. </span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeZ1-nGzSIXXN0UvQ1tFs-ANu4W7aqfvfWgbuyhmcZXoNlt7y7Ggt1BdIShch67MxEs5s3XDNLA6ESQOHwYP9ysjmoAbB0kwoMcpDYCA53maM1CQv33QtTTamLbgSBQi5OYVqRuxxtUE/s1600/ballpoint+pen+drawing+of+peony+and+foliage%253B+possible+patterns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeZ1-nGzSIXXN0UvQ1tFs-ANu4W7aqfvfWgbuyhmcZXoNlt7y7Ggt1BdIShch67MxEs5s3XDNLA6ESQOHwYP9ysjmoAbB0kwoMcpDYCA53maM1CQv33QtTTamLbgSBQi5OYVqRuxxtUE/s400/ballpoint+pen+drawing+of+peony+and+foliage%253B+possible+patterns.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pattern options explored for animation purposes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhPqzS3K8ac28OqwpncJZOQpaHWB9TxYp9DgqKIlot-8Du6rxIFAQWj8-VDf-up7KaOPU6h92TNSsPEXHtuzZE-2tE-vzPbN26E4cy2rcZaDvfM77LXUjHB_c13g_pNg4EyOB5ManF7M/s1600/Peony+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhPqzS3K8ac28OqwpncJZOQpaHWB9TxYp9DgqKIlot-8Du6rxIFAQWj8-VDf-up7KaOPU6h92TNSsPEXHtuzZE-2tE-vzPbN26E4cy2rcZaDvfM77LXUjHB_c13g_pNg4EyOB5ManF7M/s200/Peony+detail.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The five clawed dragon advances effortlessly through the water with scorn and contempt at matters inhumane. Spurned on by his own volition to rid the world of evil, he stretches forth his claws in every direction as he brings forth change (power over the elements). The change will be reflected in the projected surface decoration on the decoy ducks and mountains (inspired by Chinese brush rests) shown in previous posts. The decoration will change from blue and white into full colour. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDW1_7VE4LVMdYHzREo_4Ep-NRxqU0VJvVrftLMmYrk7TjpP6VRA0JgBL_S1X1gcgCYqs8t7ojHJK0cMxJgUXVBkFaUfUcg-LBneJGmsK2Y32ujoo5rydkrtO0fh67AE7eQLqdCzDBpjI/s1600/An+extremely+rare+%2527Famille-Rose%2527+Monteith.+Qing+Dynasty+Qianlong+Period..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDW1_7VE4LVMdYHzREo_4Ep-NRxqU0VJvVrftLMmYrk7TjpP6VRA0JgBL_S1X1gcgCYqs8t7ojHJK0cMxJgUXVBkFaUfUcg-LBneJGmsK2Y32ujoo5rydkrtO0fh67AE7eQLqdCzDBpjI/s400/An+extremely+rare+%2527Famille-Rose%2527+Monteith.+Qing+Dynasty+Qianlong+Period..jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">An extremely rare 'Famille-Rose' Monteith. <br />Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period.<br />cited in Sothebys catalogue. London 7 november 2007.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is represented in the flame like growth of the foliage in spring and finally the full blown peony sprays in summer inspired by the ceramic decoration of the ceramic vessel above and its interior shown below. The dragon represents those individuals whom against all odds, followed their own conviction, and brought change within society. Bringing joy and freedom in all its glory and splendour, much appreciated by those in favour of and open and free society. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsXN4aopGZnRIS7lTar-rs0L_2FMdiPxnXEGcTFRfL-DqjBle1GJ5HIEa2Qjo6h5vmmJjQWdOJZ173qL7-6oW_iizc-aesVf7qmJRztcq1t8CmZHUlQcHXbVqa68leytJgUC1XaP3hOE/s1600/Detail+of+interior..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsXN4aopGZnRIS7lTar-rs0L_2FMdiPxnXEGcTFRfL-DqjBle1GJ5HIEa2Qjo6h5vmmJjQWdOJZ173qL7-6oW_iizc-aesVf7qmJRztcq1t8CmZHUlQcHXbVqa68leytJgUC1XaP3hOE/s320/Detail+of+interior..jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior vessel above (detail).</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

Ballpoint pen drawings of peony and foliage.

Ballpoint pen drawing of peony and foliage. The next stage of the animated projection will feature the five clawed dragon moving through the...

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and the ship sails on, ballpoint pen drawings for animation.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkjdofol2uIlghuF5BB57CqcaljH2FqZTj3e7E19Zx2chOpL6ixiaT7ikP0yj7QSvEDm9Ddnt2AvA4V0er3-uVgt5t6ro5Pdbz1-DDH28Tk_hrl6TdT7LvEbtvApvI9nTZRVWsiFp2Ag/s1600/and+the+ship+sails+on+dragon+stage+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkjdofol2uIlghuF5BB57CqcaljH2FqZTj3e7E19Zx2chOpL6ixiaT7ikP0yj7QSvEDm9Ddnt2AvA4V0er3-uVgt5t6ro5Pdbz1-DDH28Tk_hrl6TdT7LvEbtvApvI9nTZRVWsiFp2Ag/s400/and+the+ship+sails+on+dragon+stage+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the ship sails on, drawing for animation, dragon stage two.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwk5bmQcVvVeD1ziBXkoj02StIBvjI6VEhesZFikld2dm5LakFm_67U7CnEgrPTzihmz4_TNcZGyTdiZG8u9MIDsP2Po-68R9qx7D5W_SJX5sBmoEHexXXSpqADicdRnqu-pM8igU4Nxw/s1600/Blue+seventh+%2526+final+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwk5bmQcVvVeD1ziBXkoj02StIBvjI6VEhesZFikld2dm5LakFm_67U7CnEgrPTzihmz4_TNcZGyTdiZG8u9MIDsP2Po-68R9qx7D5W_SJX5sBmoEHexXXSpqADicdRnqu-pM8igU4Nxw/s200/Blue+seventh+%2526+final+stage.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">This is the next stage in the development of my ceramic installation with projected animation titled </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://eugenehon.blogspot.com/2010/10/ballpoint-pen-drawings-ceramic.html">and the ship sails on</a></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. Follow the link to see the development of the concept (the idea) and the design directive to inform the animation (click on the title and or label at the end of this post entry). The forms and shapes for the modeling and the moulding of the ceramics sculptures are now completed. Now the modeling begins – transforming the 2-dimensional images into 3-dimensional objects for moulding (making the plaster of Paris moulds). </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZq2LdLcHgEvQ3OzkQr265hcsyUoPvq9JituYmacVywe6kigJpgZ5THzvwx-b3lh0XYoYmTWsklW88ZlwJp-jglPDjUW9M778AauAsW-JgEMsKAeEzsdI4hc3ClVI_4AmVRG5IexZy04/s1600/Blue+side+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZq2LdLcHgEvQ3OzkQr265hcsyUoPvq9JituYmacVywe6kigJpgZ5THzvwx-b3lh0XYoYmTWsklW88ZlwJp-jglPDjUW9M778AauAsW-JgEMsKAeEzsdI4hc3ClVI_4AmVRG5IexZy04/s200/Blue+side+view.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Every stage will be documented here on this blog over the next few weeks. At the same time I will meet with the staff of the multimedia department to discuss and develop the animation that will be projected onto the ceramic installation. The ceramic decoration and or surface development, as in the previous installations, will be the animation projected from a projector attached to the ceiling above the ceramic installation. The ceramics will therefore be undecorated high-fired vitrified slip cast products. I am in the process of purchasing the Parian Casting Slip from Valentine Clays in England. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsrxK5o0qgbvUd-F1hcekC9b4_BknF3Ml2ac0EA5COM_GRuPdyi3NV3iRSsJiHEiARrcfNnaJQjJOqS8J51Pz2CLnGiNgrMFK89bMTJIoF60OUaBbUFirOIEAwFCVPNYiWBB97ouU5Qg/s1600/and+the+ship+sails+on+dragon+stage+two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsrxK5o0qgbvUd-F1hcekC9b4_BknF3Ml2ac0EA5COM_GRuPdyi3NV3iRSsJiHEiARrcfNnaJQjJOqS8J51Pz2CLnGiNgrMFK89bMTJIoF60OUaBbUFirOIEAwFCVPNYiWBB97ouU5Qg/s400/and+the+ship+sails+on+dragon+stage+two.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the ship sails on, drawing for animation, dragon stage three.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The drawings posted here, are the next stage in the development of the animation. It involves a dragon that appears out of the water, and as mentioned before, is a five-clawed <a href="http://eugenehon.blogspot.com/2010/10/ballpoint-pen-drawings-ceramic.html">Heavenly dragon</a>, the significance and meaning of which featured in a previous blog post (follow link). </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">These drawings are a follow-on of the <a href="http://eugenehon.blogspot.com/2010/10/ceramic-installation-paper-prototype.html">paper prototype constructions</a> done in October of 2010. (follow link)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The dragon to be animated is taken from a masterfully painted rare blue and white <a href="http://eugenehon.blogspot.com/2010/10/ceramic-installation-paper-prototype.html">Dragon Moon-flask</a> (seal mark and period of Qianlong), cited in a Sotheby's auction catalogue. The moon-flask was auctioned in 2007 and fetched $ 2.8 million.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

and the ship sails on, ballpoint pen drawings for animation.

and the ship sails on, drawing for animation, dragon stage two. This is the next stage in the development of my ceramic installation with pr...

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Ballpoint pen drawing technique; a suitable pen and paper.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5xVe7nSoVS2pp8hCYPhMVUo1iWDYqYo2MPONo2bXnEMBs-qzEBMApa2JEPPLYlgrlWsaZKySLp5Ly7EWGiyzmKiYV0gnbtM-vxR2IXOgGROCWcFXHaViwoBHB-0BG9GMWeRax7AJvNg/s1600/Ballpoint+pen+drawing+technique.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5xVe7nSoVS2pp8hCYPhMVUo1iWDYqYo2MPONo2bXnEMBs-qzEBMApa2JEPPLYlgrlWsaZKySLp5Ly7EWGiyzmKiYV0gnbtM-vxR2IXOgGROCWcFXHaViwoBHB-0BG9GMWeRax7AJvNg/s400/Ballpoint+pen+drawing+technique.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Selection of drawings (books) </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This blog post provides information about my Ballpoint pen drawing technique. The choice of pens, paper and drawing approach - the desired effect. I thought it necessary to showcase my drawing technique, whilst refining the form and shape of my next ceramic object, a decoy-duck. The object will form part of my next ceramic installation entitled, <i><a href="http://eugenehon.blogspot.com/2010/10/ballpoint-pen-drawings-ceramic.html">and the ship sails on</a> (</i>follow-link outlining the concept, references and the design development of the idea). What follows is a step by step account of my drawing technique; from concept to the side and top view (final stages shown below).</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCaU4Mq51bW2AxE_4Lau89WOkhuhrEyk6ciS0L5GmAzPeYd2rh_RD4S_RiRHYpn7K_2ksuQSjV3QQKEnoVFFIAhFnVr415pxFTwJjUQaI6ny6T-x4hyHk7GXVm-YIwbT07pKhvFpR7RA/s1600/Blue+side+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCaU4Mq51bW2AxE_4Lau89WOkhuhrEyk6ciS0L5GmAzPeYd2rh_RD4S_RiRHYpn7K_2ksuQSjV3QQKEnoVFFIAhFnVr415pxFTwJjUQaI6ny6T-x4hyHk7GXVm-YIwbT07pKhvFpR7RA/s200/Blue+side+view.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a side view of the intended form and shape of ceramic object (image on the left), but not a top view, an image required  to compile the next set of drawings; determining the next few sequences of the animated projection<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>.</b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Table of contents:</span></b></span></span><br /><ol><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">History and a</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dvantages</span></b></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Disadvantages</b></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>How to hone your ballpoint pen drawing skills</b></span></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">desired effect</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> required.</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Choosing the </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">right ballpoint pen</span></u></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Choosing </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">suitable paper</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and or drawing book</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drawing technique and process.</span></b></li></ol><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>P.S. For the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><u><b><a href="http://eugenehon.blogspot.com/2010/03/best-of-ballpoint-pen-drawings-25-years.html">best of my ballpoint pen drawings</a></b></u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">follow the provided link.</span></b></span><br /><div><b></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><div><div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIST_aDPtTaVgpVVbZ_CCKsUtIFvXCNUjywrD9Jdtso1jQ1biqtifwZiGbDNTYdPR_rmYlg8OQOLTkcLXW1on8rFtFeip0RcdM-yysuTTZnyzoZBVCooC-eFV3atQxUKBur63qJEfrZc/s1600/Choosing+the+right+pen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIST_aDPtTaVgpVVbZ_CCKsUtIFvXCNUjywrD9Jdtso1jQ1biqtifwZiGbDNTYdPR_rmYlg8OQOLTkcLXW1on8rFtFeip0RcdM-yysuTTZnyzoZBVCooC-eFV3atQxUKBur63qJEfrZc/s400/Choosing+the+right+pen.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A selection of  drawings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1.) History and preference:</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Why draw with a ballpoint pen (and not rollerball pens and or pencils). </b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started drawing with ballpoint pens whilst a Fine Art student at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town (SA) in 1982. Mainly for the following reasons. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he first advantage of drawing with a ballpoint pen, is being able to also draw on the reverse side and follow-on pages in a bound sketch book, without having the drawn image transferred / traced onto the next page - a carbon copy of you're drawing (the way carbon copy cheque books work) and or the ink bleeding through (as the case when drawing with a rollerball pen. Drawing with pencils requires you to draw on either separate papers and or with a cardboard in between the pages (to protect the next page and or previous drawings. The other reason being the thin lines you are able to get without ever having to sharpen the lead, as you do when drawing with pencils (very fine clutch pencils were not yet then available). You also only need one great pen, instead of a selection of different pencils - a range of pencils from the very hard to the very soft ones (H-HB-B). </span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoUCr1Cc_rOGgx2cTcX6JYBMln9j3-oWpzWz93A2rC3jZVtU1OKrBi1NLioTBLETYlORV6V8iEfCw0J0J4tnduV-J8pqUaAkk09AWh3dI4067jPmQ0yzewrv3mBRrW4a2p2JZwnqeHb8/s1600/Blue+first+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoUCr1Cc_rOGgx2cTcX6JYBMln9j3-oWpzWz93A2rC3jZVtU1OKrBi1NLioTBLETYlORV6V8iEfCw0J0J4tnduV-J8pqUaAkk09AWh3dI4067jPmQ0yzewrv3mBRrW4a2p2JZwnqeHb8/s400/Blue+first+stage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decoy duck 1st stage (blue)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGu1EvBFGPfR5iREmDLsqsK-nETQfnLEoFhuRNKpBUm_qntoweBkYRU6DSTfag6GMUPPIKFxAxwS-xqd1GA5xwDp8GCj3QbU5JXz1HOzZRRKGr7uCpRMcoJEfah0YPffW4JKax0lMaZc/s1600/Black+first+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGu1EvBFGPfR5iREmDLsqsK-nETQfnLEoFhuRNKpBUm_qntoweBkYRU6DSTfag6GMUPPIKFxAxwS-xqd1GA5xwDp8GCj3QbU5JXz1HOzZRRKGr7uCpRMcoJEfah0YPffW4JKax0lMaZc/s400/Black+first+stage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decoy duck 1st stage (black)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2.) Disadvantages</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <u>ink in the Big ballpoint pen eventually fades</u> (if drawing is exposed to light) - the only option is to scan the image and print on ascid-free paper. One therefore cant really sell the original drawing - this is the reason why I purchase bound sketchbooks to draw in. No loose pages that can lie around and fade with time.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>You can't use a rubber</u>, you therefore cant make serious mistakes - you therefore rely allot more on close observation of the object and or subject matter as well as the planning of the drawing. </span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrRfOg5-xKpsZsvJuTmhBbtLkoff3X1e5wYHzfzERBakJrU3zF2ay8VKGKoDKa3hDHv5999yS1XW1oPOhyIRCs6G4mD7kn7UdRFb7x4PNrzKetldR0raxfhFGg9jUg0mKl1XZJQRAVUo/s1600/BAFA+Fine+art+sketchbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrRfOg5-xKpsZsvJuTmhBbtLkoff3X1e5wYHzfzERBakJrU3zF2ay8VKGKoDKa3hDHv5999yS1XW1oPOhyIRCs6G4mD7kn7UdRFb7x4PNrzKetldR0raxfhFGg9jUg0mKl1XZJQRAVUo/s400/BAFA+Fine+art+sketchbook.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drawing of an asparagus dish, completed in 1984.<br />Whilst on a study trip in Europe. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>3</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Hone your ballpoint pen drawing skills. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Should you wish to refine your drawing skills, then drawing with a ballpoint pen in a bound sketchbook is excellent discipline. I honed my drawings skills whilst traveling abroad visiting art museums; drawing artifacts, sculptures, ornaments and carvings etc. Some of the objects were large, whilst other objects were rather small, capturing the object in pen required very careful observation. More importantly, you only had a minute or two to capture the chosen object on paper. Careful observation was therefore of paramount importance, reading the negative and positive forms and shapes quickly, whilst recording the object frantically. Often they all appeared on the same page and the same scale. This was the best exercise and or learning experience for me. Whilst having coffee and or sitting having lunch, a few minutes after the museum visit, I would do the shading, trying to recall the look and feel of the drawn object and or artifact. Your brain therefore develops a visual depository of objects and artifacts, down to the finest of detail and texture, including proportion and scale. Your quick drawing judgement and observation is refined.</span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZm1B6sbddHLVOVKM9kWwNlexYb_VSiuo0Ba8pi7y7EOlN9wW3RpaPkNptp7OxOxzrGAy4U41lANK39a64wkPzvgbBu_Irs1i1F4OyAEt3aPIslHwephtS-bx2QKrf-WIvZsDho6lwFE/s1600/Blue+second+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZm1B6sbddHLVOVKM9kWwNlexYb_VSiuo0Ba8pi7y7EOlN9wW3RpaPkNptp7OxOxzrGAy4U41lANK39a64wkPzvgbBu_Irs1i1F4OyAEt3aPIslHwephtS-bx2QKrf-WIvZsDho6lwFE/s400/Blue+second+stage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decoy duck 2nd stage (blue)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAty-RYmjXiE4a5w4MK2_U6kdeaRtfX8brWelMxLLgxru1Q_Hqi4YFP18bn6b8RLik5xXA1Iam6Dl-S1Cj4mk75sUWwLpBYtpFU0CGkKJbDG2PVHiOXaipGsAf8-EOXdi7s8R7Fj7UbU/s1600/Black+second+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAty-RYmjXiE4a5w4MK2_U6kdeaRtfX8brWelMxLLgxru1Q_Hqi4YFP18bn6b8RLik5xXA1Iam6Dl-S1Cj4mk75sUWwLpBYtpFU0CGkKJbDG2PVHiOXaipGsAf8-EOXdi7s8R7Fj7UbU/s400/Black+second+stage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decoy duck 2nd stage (black)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>4.) The desired effect of drawing with ballpoint pens </b>(not a rollerball - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">water-based liquid or gelled ink, as opposed to the Big ballpoint oil-based pen)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Achieving the right result and or the desired drawing effect depends on the <b>right pen </b>and <b>suitable paper</b>. Drawing with the normal big pens; the very cheap fine ones, allows you to crosshatch and achieve a tonal variation in the distribution of ink on paper. This is more evident when using a heavier paper - the best weight being a 150 grams, it is more absorbent and tolerant of excessive cross hatching, without pressing hard on the pen. You can build up layer upon layer of crosshatched fine lines. The oil based ink distributed onto the paper does so without warping the paper due to excessive crosshatching (rollerball pens are less tolerant). Eventually you are  drawing layer upon layer of layer of ink. This is mainly achieved with a pen that does not distribute its ink too quickly; the pen slowly releases ink without having to press hard on the pen and or paper. One starts off lightly and slowly and later darker and harder to create the shadows and or desired 3 dimensional modeling effect.</span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkX82YlJ4EARl52WeEZHBGlu63V3PHSuo03B8B0oCUFGypEeyiDob6crLRJbX6Q97DoGx0aP7HN0FaFwnhdvHogoLFdCwRPHjrudvT8Y3XpDz4VGQ1E713Nk9b32GmPNGvxaVt7XOqck/s1600/Blu+thrid+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkX82YlJ4EARl52WeEZHBGlu63V3PHSuo03B8B0oCUFGypEeyiDob6crLRJbX6Q97DoGx0aP7HN0FaFwnhdvHogoLFdCwRPHjrudvT8Y3XpDz4VGQ1E713Nk9b32GmPNGvxaVt7XOqck/s400/Blu+thrid+stage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decoy duck 3rd stage (blue)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGnoVyTmMAOb594fGo14KNP6BKGOqgFgTbND9gQcDjezf8Rvrfs062fItSR6JE1DWubtuDLo04uMy2Y2h3ddD4ZbyNZ59sn0V7BFA9oIjRruwvf4xeWU-ms2XZ4AmMuSVBkIKDUbrTL0/s1600/Blue+fourth+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGnoVyTmMAOb594fGo14KNP6BKGOqgFgTbND9gQcDjezf8Rvrfs062fItSR6JE1DWubtuDLo04uMy2Y2h3ddD4ZbyNZ59sn0V7BFA9oIjRruwvf4xeWU-ms2XZ4AmMuSVBkIKDUbrTL0/s400/Blue+fourth+stage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikUtcFWPDH4l8RQ_ZHeNHpzgYvToT3pIeGW68TIMn6R5CoruthnEybVlYMXEkIKc19bDvsA1Mg5IEp9CHRxtPoidAXuqaRebEVMLcKORGOXmQ0ePOU5umqeuBdwvkjCIZ6YBgTPhYp04/s1600/Black+third+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikUtcFWPDH4l8RQ_ZHeNHpzgYvToT3pIeGW68TIMn6R5CoruthnEybVlYMXEkIKc19bDvsA1Mg5IEp9CHRxtPoidAXuqaRebEVMLcKORGOXmQ0ePOU5umqeuBdwvkjCIZ6YBgTPhYp04/s400/Black+third+stage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decoy duck 3rd stage (black)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0H82aA2lqhJl0hpWSK3bpd4a94Lj-xCv8-aSvoE0huYfAmviyuJUzgYU1qAErTrXWUwNuGqllC40BG1QK68cNPBapxDpnscrvpxB3jCBYfchfwN3KwdkAhbtUbY5PnLn_wQol7YN1FQ/s1600/Black+fourth+textures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0H82aA2lqhJl0hpWSK3bpd4a94Lj-xCv8-aSvoE0huYfAmviyuJUzgYU1qAErTrXWUwNuGqllC40BG1QK68cNPBapxDpnscrvpxB3jCBYfchfwN3KwdkAhbtUbY5PnLn_wQol7YN1FQ/s400/Black+fourth+textures.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decoy duck, 4th and final stage (black) I was not happy <br />with the end result, hence the 2nd attempt in blue.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVFdx2tpBEzqeVswFHQE2Y6l26OL5r6txXsXLMUk9XTzfvd534oJHlIytNrOqE0mEB0EQKr6DjVk8GM5fYdVOn1d6QJ7-gSZb7MU_XBiGy28DIe-lgbKhsNXVlm76ls0HEljFsXpX1OE/s1600/Choosing+the+right+ballpoint+pen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVFdx2tpBEzqeVswFHQE2Y6l26OL5r6txXsXLMUk9XTzfvd534oJHlIytNrOqE0mEB0EQKr6DjVk8GM5fYdVOn1d6QJ7-gSZb7MU_XBiGy28DIe-lgbKhsNXVlm76ls0HEljFsXpX1OE/s200/Choosing+the+right+ballpoint+pen.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5.) Choosing a pen.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Choosing the right ballpoint pen is of paramount importance, obviously it depends on your own  preference. I require a pen that releases ink slowly and creates lines that are very fine and thin without distributing a thick blob of ink on the paper. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I normally go to an art-shop and or a stationary shop, show them my drawings and ask for permission to test the Big fine pens on the shelf and or in the boxes, and by way of testing, choose the right ones - those pens that distributes the ink slowly but constantly. Only a select few of the pens release the ink slowly. Most ballpoint pens distribute ink very fast, is very dark and more than often leaves blobs of ink on the paper that smudges. You therefore have to clean the nib regularly with tissue paper after a few minutes of drawing. It is also very difficult to build up layers of fine lines and achieve a variation in tonal values - layers of fine and lighter tones. </span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWz9LSoFbc1L8Gts8MeF4PHsPJCMpZ6SNx6Yc9NXEBDarxA1XU1Mmd2EkxNmRW_7-kS24Qhbhjwue0W44DrhQNDcM27v3ifnRrva4QpAjtvL5ttOGDxytZf_lea-EiCJpNixA9J3uGUBk/s1600/Rollerball+vs+ballpoint+pens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWz9LSoFbc1L8Gts8MeF4PHsPJCMpZ6SNx6Yc9NXEBDarxA1XU1Mmd2EkxNmRW_7-kS24Qhbhjwue0W44DrhQNDcM27v3ifnRrva4QpAjtvL5ttOGDxytZf_lea-EiCJpNixA9J3uGUBk/s400/Rollerball+vs+ballpoint+pens.jpg" width="388" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drawing with a rollerball pen - enlarge the drawing that will reveal <br />the ink of the drawing on the previous page<br /> bleeding through the paper</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>6.) Choosing the right paper (drawing books).</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have drawn on every conceivable paper; smooth, fine, various grades of textured papers, tracing papers, cartridge paper, heavy weight watercolour papers, very fine and or shiny papers including oiled newsprints, to mention a few. The most suitable paper for my drawing technique is slightly textured paper with a weight of a 150 grams. The lighter weights tend to warp - see image above. The heavy weight paper allows the ink to penetrate the paper-fibre and is strong enough to take severe crosshatching, layer upon layer of ink without damaging it. It allows you, as mentioned above, to build up layers of fine lines, drawing eventually on the previous layer of ink, its as if the surface is being burnished, polished if you like, without loosing the desired tonal value.</span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uUrCV3Vc95njAQYHNUgPNhpCOUlim8mPqfJ7tofESI3uT_FMaCl87FKHwqqkCjQd82BEaFo9-St59DkYPd8HmLMkQH-jzjCsqDloo-SHkWD4_C2KjbrP4dkwG8-vrRI92RQ96Vn-KUc/s1600/Blue+Fifth+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uUrCV3Vc95njAQYHNUgPNhpCOUlim8mPqfJ7tofESI3uT_FMaCl87FKHwqqkCjQd82BEaFo9-St59DkYPd8HmLMkQH-jzjCsqDloo-SHkWD4_C2KjbrP4dkwG8-vrRI92RQ96Vn-KUc/s400/Blue+Fifth+stage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decoy duck 6th stage (blue)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiqP6vV50dYiQb4GrcGaoHs5ucD2zJqtubWbQdgMbAOnX8Aaiup4xxDxFQ-XtkiXTk69r18xciSzeOmcNXE_zGa6bUGNDxwq_5iFD_VSig7wWak7yA7jnr_Vxj5TD81ZHgfXT1PISwaM/s1600/Concept+drawing+for+decoy+duck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiqP6vV50dYiQb4GrcGaoHs5ucD2zJqtubWbQdgMbAOnX8Aaiup4xxDxFQ-XtkiXTk69r18xciSzeOmcNXE_zGa6bUGNDxwq_5iFD_VSig7wWak7yA7jnr_Vxj5TD81ZHgfXT1PISwaM/s400/Concept+drawing+for+decoy+duck.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Concept drawing of decoy duck.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>7.) Drawing technique and</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> or process. </b>I</span></span> always do a series of sketches to create the general form first - determining the look and the feel, the form and shape, including the volume of the to be sculpted ceramic product. I then have the option to photostat the chosen image to the desired scale to make the final drawing (to be traced). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because my images are sometimes symmetrical and or very volumetric, I first draw the desired form and shape on tracing paper, allowing me to change the shape and to copy the traced image to create the other - symmetrical side. I can fold the transfer paper and copy it onto the other side. The same way Tattoo artists trace the image onto the skin.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GKbMF3yzSDKGDvdeUUwrMkBpc08QKDl-67HRHn0fRoiICaveeOZziLU7B63n8hUQkNHZleL2NnMxhuzpD3kIuHWFoDUTK7cBlBAtsf28SFSgePYMFipYK9XH_Ii8Mk0x9BL198Dwums/s1600/Drawing+%2526+tracing+the+form+%2526+shape+of+the+object.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GKbMF3yzSDKGDvdeUUwrMkBpc08QKDl-67HRHn0fRoiICaveeOZziLU7B63n8hUQkNHZleL2NnMxhuzpD3kIuHWFoDUTK7cBlBAtsf28SFSgePYMFipYK9XH_Ii8Mk0x9BL198Dwums/s400/Drawing+%2526+tracing+the+form+%2526+shape+of+the+object.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using tracing paper to achieve symmetry</span></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPSR0QEzgRO1DsZkrNG-XC1-3lL8GuKO5QLgV4fQyajgqZbjmWmudhfhki_KG9GvHJxRXrnzbXAm8CbdiRlXfH2G4FK-dFu5f1fR-I-qt70i-rQ0JuzU3Y6tDmF3hdnPFheTO1LrlL5E/s1600/Drawing+in+the+outlines+and+rubbing+away+pencil+marks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once happy with the form and symmetrical shape, I carefully transfer the image onto the right page in my sketchbook with as little damage to the paper as is possible. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>You don't want to create too many indentations / grooves in the paper caused by the weight of the pencil when tracing and or drawing directly</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA67NxlCa1jLb87hPio3fyci7SKokelSFdmW-Q_M_YBpODwIBFdgt4p7YxigR0yGtcLODKPUy6tu354nunV9H1RKGLLJgrgFP5MwWmTOmtQVVCYxbr-xYZkvT61ikSXWgVi8417zOxObk/s1600/Drawing+in+the+outlines+and+rubbing+away+pencil+marks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA67NxlCa1jLb87hPio3fyci7SKokelSFdmW-Q_M_YBpODwIBFdgt4p7YxigR0yGtcLODKPUy6tu354nunV9H1RKGLLJgrgFP5MwWmTOmtQVVCYxbr-xYZkvT61ikSXWgVi8417zOxObk/s200/Drawing+in+the+outlines+and+rubbing+away+pencil+marks.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use a rubber to get rid of drawing marks.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using a rubber and then redrawing and redrawing until the correct form and shape is created; constantly rubbing out and redrawing causes groove like textures in the paper - this will affect the surface of the paper and create the 'white grooves' when doing the cross hatching. </span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYF6EHSU5Q41og9LLaH1C19EoDtDZYwoSBcXiSEHFd6J5QP4zUGzKPqmMTxcElePQ0LnWVAkTm2B3sDkxhVdbxDwlu_ZB0c9MBFII4UFkk_D5wpkweg7HFeQeVgoKuF_cKU7T1lK7LNA/s1600/Blue+six+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYF6EHSU5Q41og9LLaH1C19EoDtDZYwoSBcXiSEHFd6J5QP4zUGzKPqmMTxcElePQ0LnWVAkTm2B3sDkxhVdbxDwlu_ZB0c9MBFII4UFkk_D5wpkweg7HFeQeVgoKuF_cKU7T1lK7LNA/s400/Blue+six+stage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decoy duck 6th stage (blue)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM97x83K0Nhlxbuf7ZlSgM-Hl1_VguODlxR53gMHJTDIVQ8i7N_XLEGc5FiVNayuKy5edy219E_l0w_tLa-hLAUK8piXKpiGB60bTy9o7OhwgjP1zyWN8SJ5H0Jxugd5gD722NIJMkAIQ/s1600/Blue+seventh+%2526+final+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM97x83K0Nhlxbuf7ZlSgM-Hl1_VguODlxR53gMHJTDIVQ8i7N_XLEGc5FiVNayuKy5edy219E_l0w_tLa-hLAUK8piXKpiGB60bTy9o7OhwgjP1zyWN8SJ5H0Jxugd5gD722NIJMkAIQ/s400/Blue+seventh+%2526+final+stage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decoy duck 7th & final stage (blue)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div>

Ballpoint pen drawing technique; a suitable pen and paper.

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Stop Bullying: Ball point pen drawings at The Cité Internationale des Arts

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinU6pUQmfSLgn7P_YyPMHR7z76Eego2tIxfVeBwqi_VvAUbFLNoacDxwj5hRSNntstu2fehksyMEdMHtrstXvvMGj35jS2stoycHB7NuW-ncFNzuZ7zVMDNJNKyJ4q6Aq47zt0i1ewVCw/s1600/Bull+fight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinU6pUQmfSLgn7P_YyPMHR7z76Eego2tIxfVeBwqi_VvAUbFLNoacDxwj5hRSNntstu2fehksyMEdMHtrstXvvMGj35jS2stoycHB7NuW-ncFNzuZ7zVMDNJNKyJ4q6Aq47zt0i1ewVCw/s400/Bull+fight.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bullfight </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week I watched a CNN news broadcast featuring a rise in bulling amongst kids and decided to feature a series of ballpoint pen drawings developed round the theme of bulling. The CNN topic is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/10/27/bullying.study/index.html">Stop Bullying: Speak Up</a> - Fifty-fifty chance your kid is a bully. F</b>ollow link for full story.</span><br /><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"If the saying, 'sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never harm me' was ever true, it certainly is not so today," said Josephson "Insults, name calling, relentless teasing, and malicious gossip often inflict deep and enduring pain." <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cited on CNN website October 27, 2010 - Study: Half of high school students admit to bullying</span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arkansas school board member officially resigns over anti-gay post, stating <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/bullying">"I went too far"</a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span>The concepts and individual drawings showcased below were produced in Paris, during a three month residency at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://citedesarts.pagesperso-orange.fr/cite-internationale-des-arts-english-presentation.html">Cite internationale des Arts</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmwVd0OL8Uk1wU9hgZdQcBvrPWaglruzMxgGQCTZU29FsoZ-GtUS_5-l8Q42ROWr4i9mgtj9D5eBXyCqH65ppPT0bbXespn8byg5GIflcABR6qdpVwYnWKINLLM4G5pOj3wy38dz_dWc/s1600/citedesarts300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmwVd0OL8Uk1wU9hgZdQcBvrPWaglruzMxgGQCTZU29FsoZ-GtUS_5-l8Q42ROWr4i9mgtj9D5eBXyCqH65ppPT0bbXespn8byg5GIflcABR6qdpVwYnWKINLLM4G5pOj3wy38dz_dWc/s200/citedesarts300.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Cité Internationale des Arts</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The foundation provides a studio and is intended to provide short and long stays (2 months to 1 year) for professional artists who want to develop artistic work in France. The Cité Internationale des Arts is a foundation directed to the public benefit since 1957. Since its opening in 1965, the Cité Internationale des Arts has accommodated more than 18 000 artists from all over the world. The site where I stayed, one of two (the other located at Montmartre) is located at 18 rue de l’Hôtel de Ville includes 270 individual workshops in the heart of the Marais district, a dynamic quarter swarming with art galleries and a favourite destination for Parisians. </span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv78rZSTSXfrJ7AzrovjDBelFENSXsQRcUPZqaPk6FiPK_lRpPjfQ2fn-UqVvlGP7vplEclrzijoMG57rgN-7jRcnaOEBh29c0XVfv1BdJRUDWdPX4I-1YRAjEKpNEcxN0iiNG0hSxD4U/s1600/Farewell+party+for+friends+at+the+Cite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv78rZSTSXfrJ7AzrovjDBelFENSXsQRcUPZqaPk6FiPK_lRpPjfQ2fn-UqVvlGP7vplEclrzijoMG57rgN-7jRcnaOEBh29c0XVfv1BdJRUDWdPX4I-1YRAjEKpNEcxN0iiNG0hSxD4U/s320/Farewell+party+for+friends+at+the+Cite.jpg" width="155" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friends in my studio.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>My stay at the Cite</b> - for me it was an incredible experience - visiting local Galleries and Museums, drawing inspiration from countless artifacts in historically significant collections displayed to maximum effect. Seeing artifacts, maquettes and sculptures in the flesh, and rendering them in quick ballpoint pen drawings, contributed significantly to the development of my vocabulary of sculptural forms, shapes and textures. The stay richly increased my visual art knowledge and provided me with an opportunity to consolidate my ceramic sculptural concepts and innovative ideas in terms of ceramic techniques and processes. Contemporary Art exhibitions in nearby art galleries enriched my knowledge of cutting edge art theory and practice.</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gm7bZPfOJ8liDiykWUTLiyV3Gof3-_wnNJGyt0c8rdlLnDJwJeNkxkiDUvTIV96slPRqgg_w1GCIpPRoZbXt3EZIAWus2dt32S6rYiS-bHgxzLGlDQF6so-Y-xX_OACLpnNuPDqf0GA/s1600/complete+works+bully+serries+of+drawings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gm7bZPfOJ8liDiykWUTLiyV3Gof3-_wnNJGyt0c8rdlLnDJwJeNkxkiDUvTIV96slPRqgg_w1GCIpPRoZbXt3EZIAWus2dt32S6rYiS-bHgxzLGlDQF6so-Y-xX_OACLpnNuPDqf0GA/s400/complete+works+bully+serries+of+drawings.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scanned Ballpoint pen drawings of "Bullies" on side plates.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9kc5cAne7FyQhteUyIzjJ4Rnb7KjENZMhaiK24s1fFDO2fFQ8162kJ2yK81RT3f1h2bnPvEnqygU03iDYVrAV5jPRqFH7IBud9HB4UDjhH6kmwIV5nKX1UgkSgAHHcgVbvJP0XcZOO8/s1600/Pablo+Picasso+painting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9kc5cAne7FyQhteUyIzjJ4Rnb7KjENZMhaiK24s1fFDO2fFQ8162kJ2yK81RT3f1h2bnPvEnqygU03iDYVrAV5jPRqFH7IBud9HB4UDjhH6kmwIV5nKX1UgkSgAHHcgVbvJP0XcZOO8/s200/Pablo+Picasso+painting.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Minotaur painting Picasso.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The drawing above and below were inspired by a series of art works by Picasso - referring in particular to his minotaur series of etchings produced during a decision making period in his life (crises) - subject matter that featured in many art works from thereon (image on the left). He had to make a choice with regard to parenthood and his commitment as an artist. Professor </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">John O. Jordan, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Department of Literature, University of California gave a talk in 1991 at Wits University in South Africa on the subject tiled</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">"Picasso, the Minotaur, and the `Renunciation' of Art." </span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENT9DScj32d_3FidBsu8TJR8Q6e8V1Kp0swGKge3U5aYqpPChDMeN24IWi6ZATwZMCxVD6ln8jGCVXFgK2wwmxnek_VoRaWeSp5t-MPVTnFNCs4FLJR4x4jNcV2gfqHpw_y9O_EQYTRo/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENT9DScj32d_3FidBsu8TJR8Q6e8V1Kp0swGKge3U5aYqpPChDMeN24IWi6ZATwZMCxVD6ln8jGCVXFgK2wwmxnek_VoRaWeSp5t-MPVTnFNCs4FLJR4x4jNcV2gfqHpw_y9O_EQYTRo/s400/5.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big-jaw</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gAt1CW3Re_GYHSOGZ3Is7fNpq9GDy_7aqKLWjYPZgO15REoYSi4gsd3uj8veZacU5Aeq54mk2_SfckFOp6rU4sxfJ7v7xbSGcMEcEkpyhwYxvNcpczA7UtGha9kZv7XIypM8scyj8a0/s1600/7+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gAt1CW3Re_GYHSOGZ3Is7fNpq9GDy_7aqKLWjYPZgO15REoYSi4gsd3uj8veZacU5Aeq54mk2_SfckFOp6rU4sxfJ7v7xbSGcMEcEkpyhwYxvNcpczA7UtGha9kZv7XIypM8scyj8a0/s400/7+copy.jpg" width="282" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big-Noise</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Hc8dycIgLkDOclfWiiu7_2HoSEZV8v60BjdOqkdCRQ_u7H4flZMlaLKHHKE8eEKHJe5rqpP167K7a1Z6JB0i4ZpWv7BvtbOyXJCAcnAhvhdP34ZnckRSl08VbY1iVAdTeAqW1zYXzQo/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Hc8dycIgLkDOclfWiiu7_2HoSEZV8v60BjdOqkdCRQ_u7H4flZMlaLKHHKE8eEKHJe5rqpP167K7a1Z6JB0i4ZpWv7BvtbOyXJCAcnAhvhdP34ZnckRSl08VbY1iVAdTeAqW1zYXzQo/s400/4.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bigot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdox7FOwoAJIeKRgOVqXgpr1vtyjEvlckGyuucZXOPMiNKjrGgFMyEgT25Zx5lb1QKKNCh7zSzfuQSI_CwL3R1xu1uE1I0nb-i7hsB5jPjZtltmwvY0slqdyBiQXYJR7YzhlKqWsjMEo/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-08BvNE13iA_0znXf7quv27IqtXzqmADwO6_vYrEGCkfTXhQM3wDiENiho5o4vmz0Uy_1RFZSzBOCX377Aq0I_usqGVb3wqJqk_7QlIE6FWpFJBjyuztc-b6rTbijoGoXI5iIo473SP8/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-08BvNE13iA_0znXf7quv27IqtXzqmADwO6_vYrEGCkfTXhQM3wDiENiho5o4vmz0Uy_1RFZSzBOCX377Aq0I_usqGVb3wqJqk_7QlIE6FWpFJBjyuztc-b6rTbijoGoXI5iIo473SP8/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Butcher</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdEofFVZWD-7OLNpkeKQuoPX8n0-h2gqq3iAcrme8LhRW0MnvtxY0keVerhMeKc7PH6ofkwM0_PbQnezs5tjU_fSpYba0nlDwn4FOjgN90PUTFuWS3wGugaxz8VPSi9s19dzGmOdy-H4/s1600/010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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Stop Bullying: Ball point pen drawings at The Cité Internationale des Arts

Bullfight  Last week I watched a CNN news broadcast featuring a rise in bulling amongst kids and decided to feature a series of ballpoint pe...

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