31/5: Dreaming pup in bamboo
This is an attempt to take the same drawing, but turn it into a composition.
31/4: Sleeping pup returns
Same drawing as yesterday, I just went over it in pen. It did not go quite as well or easily as I expected after all these weeks of working with drawing pens.
31/3: Sleeping pup
I felt an urge to draw something from life, and the rounded form of our sleeping dog fit the bill.
31/2: Final grouting
I decided no one grout color would work equally well for both the bottom and top portions of this piece. In order to apply different colors of grout to each portion, I covered the section that wasn’t being grouted in masking tape.
Relatively simple for this particular piece, although some of the angles of the mountain proved a bit challenging to get just right.
Here’s the entire series of samples and finished landscape.
31/1: Grout color test
Applying grout to the samples for the mountain landscape. I honestly thought I might never find a use for the color in the middle, but it turns out to be perfect for this project!
I love grouting. I love mixing it up, smearing it on then wiping it off to reveal the finally, fully completed mosaic beneath. Some mosaics don’t need grout, but when they do, it’s so exciting to see the piece come to life through the grouting process.
30/5: Landscape grout samples
These small pieces are going to be grout samples for the mountain landscape. I’ve been trying to make the grout samples works of art in and of themselves, rather than just throw-away pieces intended only to test grout colors. The designs of the coral piece on the left and the green and blue abstract in the middle are both directly influenced by the drawings I’ve been doing lately for the sketch portion of this project.
I’ve been working in primarily ceramic for over a year now, and I’m really enjoying this return to stained glass. I love the depth and variety of color in each piece of glass.
30/4: Mountain landscape
These are a few work-in-progress shots of my most recent mosaic commission. In the lower image I’m working out the grading of both the size and color of the tesserae comprising the sunset.
the sketchbook concern 