I recently drew a white on black numberism drawing for a client's logo, and it spurred a bit of inspiration for me. The white on black was dynamic and showed a whole new side to numberism, but the white pens were lacking. I have yet to find a white pen with a 005 tip or aything close to that. The pens I found just barely did the trick, but left me wanting more. I like the fine precision. I adore the detail.
So, the natural option seems to be scratch board. I went out to Art Media today and bought a few pieces of scratch board and drew my first test. I made my own scratcher tools, and they need a little perfecting, but the technique itself seems to be working, and I have to say... I LIKE IT. :)
As an added bonus, I can use watercolor to paint on the scratched numbers! There so much potential here.
This is the first test. It's rough and sketchy, but I'm feeling all the motivation to keep up with this new media.
I'm playing around with what numberism can do outside of it's usual routine. Mixed media, pen, ink, oil, watercolor, knives. I want to see what it can do outside of its comfort zone.
I'm also trying mixing numberism with some line design.
So many ways to play.
My model is Kenna Holman, and the photograph reference was taken by Ian Dawson.
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