I’m planning on taking part in Gallery Nucleus’ classic open submission show, ‘Power in Numbers’, again this year (my piece from 2021 is still available, by the way ;)).
As I’ve been thinking about (and thumbnailing a bit) remotely folk-tale-inspired pieces with animals (and humans, probably women) for a 2024 calendar, I thought I could as well go with that general idea for Power in Numbers.
So, a wolf, obviously 😁️.
For some reason I added some poppies… So I’m going for 3 pieces (the maximum you can submit this year), with differents takes on wolf / little red riding hood / field poppies, it seems (very original 😅️).
So far I’ve done observational sketches of poppies and wolves.
I’m less happy about the wolves, so at first I did not want to include them in the post. But I thought it was dishonest, so here you are ;) Indeed the point of these sketches is not to be aesthetic (though it can happen, as I think for the poppies it has :)), but to get familiar with the subject.
These sketches are not meant as pieces of art, but as steps in the illustration process!
3 replies on “Red poppies + wolves sketches (Power in Numbers 8 WIP)”
[…] quite happy that I could submit 2 pieces :) Yes, I planned on 3, but I would have been content with one ;) And working on the first one, it looked like there would […]
[…] First, a light sketch using a Col-Erase pencil (I tried to enhance the contrast… That’s the best I could do as the sketch was really quite light ;)). I’m pretty happy with how I conveyed the mood and style I had in mind, with the help of the quick thumbnail I had captured (which I showed in an earlier post). […]
[…] The idea behind the series was that the paintings would be different takes on a wolf / little red riding hood theme, with field poppies as a common visual element. Also, I wanted to submit them for Gallery Nucleus’ ‘Power in Number 8’ show. […]