30 days of Carving – Day 2

Here is day 2! Just like yesterday, I didn’t get to it until close to bed time, so I opted for a small stamp. After choosing the eraser to use and tracing around it in my sketchbook, I did several quick sketches. Luckily this time the design transferred easily onto the eraser using the chartpak blender marker. The eraser that I chose was from a packaged set I got at my local Dollar Tree. I love the square size with the rounded corners, but this time I didn’t use the outer edge as part of the design. As you can see, I like printing the stamp again in a different color, to give a bit of an off-set printed look.

I wanted to do some sketching before going to sleep, so I just did it in bed. Yesterday I used a fine Pitt Pen, and this time I decided to use a brush marker (but still a Pitt) to help me loosen up. To loosen up even more so that I could concentrate on the seeing, I held the marker by the end. And, I learned a lesson when it comes to blind contour drawings–start at the top of whatever you are drawing! I started at the bottom, and by the time I got near the top of my foot, I was out of paper. So I finished as best I could, and then did another. I think I like the heavier line better. I was so excited by my wonky feet & toes, that it was a little hard for me to get to sleep.

Here are my other posts for this project.