The Texture Quest goes on
Another test how to create textures I like with a tad of graphic elements or abstraction. I rummage through my drawers and find these three sheets of paper that were left from who knows when. I quickly create a few drawings on them by putting them up to monitor as a makeshift lightbox, and tape them down with gummed tape after wetting them. I start with washes in watercolour, and it turns out the paper isn't just bad, it's AWFUL. It soaks like a sponge and is very easily bruised, so there's nothing to do but push through. My subjects are a simple portrait of an elderly woman, playing with the idea of autumn (of life), medusa (for which I created a ten-minute model in Blender), and cluster headaches (because I have a morbid fascination with illnesses, they are described as the worst pain there is, often centring around one eye and temple). My tools are everyday brushes, #6, #12, and #14 rounds (although being from different brands, the #14 is much larger than the twelve), an...