Giant

character development
aim: to create a giant that is menacing but not grotesque (see giant in "Tashi" story)
inktense pencils - mustard, willow, shiraz, deep indigo

Seals

analogous colours - albrecht durers
cobalt green, peacock blue, bluish turquoise

Differences btwn Giant & Jack characteristics

Giant - Jack
small brain - bright, witty
small, beady eyes - big brown, bright eyed enthusiasm
slow, sluggish - energetic, alert
head looking down, perpetually bent over, hunched shoulders - forever looking up, standing tall, arched back
big, broad, bulbous nose - small, delicate features
strength, brawn - brain
dark, heavey, solid, shapeless mass - slight, nimble, well defined figure
misfit, recluse - lovable, popular

Jack and the Beanstalk

Developing character with use of figure sketches

Character development with figure sketches

I like the comfortable poses, reducing form to simple shapes and negative space

Cockatiel 6 January

Two hour sketch using specimen in Learn and Discover Centre at Australian Museum

Figure painting

contrasting colours - winsor & newton
viridian green, alizarin crimson