The Artist_s Magazine 2016-03__

drawing board

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Materials

Surfaces: laminated hardboard panel; stretched can-

vas that’s been wet-sanded; hollow-core doors (interior

doors without a door-knob hole, available at most home-

improvement stores) prepared by alternating gesso with

wet-sanding and then sealing with clear polyacrylic

varnish

Media: Sharpie fi ne point permanent markers; Expo

Vis-à-Vis dry erase markers (to draw contour lines that

I’ll later remove); Sakura Pigma Micron pens for smaller

works on paper

Other: paper towels to wipe off the dry erase marker lines

Materializing Forms

I continue adding lines and start responding to more specifi c

information in the reference photos, applying ink more slowly

than at the start. At this stage I’m pickier about which marker

tips I use since I need more precision to get into the increas-

ingly small white areas left between lines.

Sharpening or Softening Information

I continue adding and erasing lines, reinforcing implied edges

or shapes and diffusing shapes in other areas. I continually

step back from the piece to make decisions about the whole

image, even while working so closely and specifi cally.

After adjusting the lines to my preferences, Labyrinth 341

(marker and ink on Masonite, 24x48) is complete. ■