tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post6746046871390406226..comments2024-02-24T16:56:08.077+10:00Comments on tracemarks: 19/52 'sea urchins' - echinocorys .....susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-11164141885546294042018-05-16T11:20:50.369+10:002018-05-16T11:20:50.369+10:00A great solution Fiona! Cheating but still commit...A great solution Fiona! Cheating but still committed to the project :-)susan bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-74646735671203059782018-05-16T11:20:14.251+10:002018-05-16T11:20:14.251+10:00Hello Diane - love that you are intrigued with my ...Hello Diane - love that you are intrigued with my thinking. The reason I wanted to draw urchins is that I have seven sitting on my desk - collected from a beach wander along one of the Pilbara/Kimberley beaches on our trip last year. I set myself the task of making a few semi realistic drawings while Steve was away - thinking of these urchins and their patterns and also the Musseander that I drew into one of my early books this year. I drew the musseander first and although I thought it was a fine drawing, couldn't bear seeing it so realistically. I turned it upside down and turned the drawing into one very large waratah! It was a little the same with these urchins - my test page was what I intentioned, though when confronted with such obviousness, I was not satisfied hence in my large drawing the urchins are far more subtle and I may just call it 'beachwalk' or 'flotsam'. Steve sees dismembered bodies! And I like that people can look into my work and see what they want, rather than me telling them what it is .....susan bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-49093239222920949402018-05-16T11:13:41.997+10:002018-05-16T11:13:41.997+10:00Thanks Mo - or a double thanks. Really rather lik...Thanks Mo - or a double thanks. Really rather liked urchiness! Glad you saw the sense of water too :-)susan bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-86645389509715142822018-05-16T06:39:50.665+10:002018-05-16T06:39:50.665+10:00please excuse the typo Susan, here's a second ...please excuse the typo Susan, here's a second go at loving your drawings beautiful underwatery urchin-ness!Mo Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004208849028911104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-75571708011177508702018-05-15T20:02:56.533+10:002018-05-15T20:02:56.533+10:00looks lovely from here! And a good solution to a b...looks lovely from here! And a good solution to a book a week when you haven't had a week to make book!Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-71940201970718346402018-05-15T04:06:59.997+10:002018-05-15T04:06:59.997+10:00This, of course, looks quite wonderful to me, but ...This, of course, looks quite wonderful to me, but your post does raise questions. What is it about the sea urchin. The shape, of course, is the first thing that comes to mind, but is there an "essence"--a connection that the viewer might not see if confronted with a literal image of a sea urchin---that you want to hint at? Just wanting a peek inside your creative brain--nothing personal (ha!)<br />P.D. Crumbakerhttp://ten-minutetake.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-32421648605756175932018-05-14T16:40:10.073+10:002018-05-14T16:40:10.073+10:00love their are beautiful underwater urchinesslove their are beautiful underwater urchinessMo Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004208849028911104noreply@blogger.com