Hello Friends!
Here's an entry for ART EXPLOSION WEEK 20: Theme CONSPIRACY by @juliakponsford. It was hard for me to submit an entry because I have a lot of work to do and I really don't have much time, but the theme seemed so cool to me that I just had to participate! Besides, I got very intrigued by the extraordinary WORLD PREMIERE of JUJU GUM CONSPIRACY :) Or maybe I ate some JUJU GUM by accident!
Below's my artwork. As you can see, the forest ghost got himself in some serious trouble. Something strange is going on. The ghost's been surrounded, it's being watched closely by some unknown spooks. What's their deal? Who are they? What do they want? Well, we have no answers, just a handful of conspiracy theories. I guess that the ghost isn't feeling very good with all this intrusive surveillance going on. Nowhere to hide. No cute plants and trees in this postcard from Shiny Forest.
I've created a linocut once resembling this work, with a little wolf in a forest, surrounded by ghosts. This ghost however expresses some other feelings than the wolf created before it. I may post the linocut some day for comparison.
First goes a scan, and second one is a photo of the artwork.
Pen and ink on paper, 29,7 x 21 cm
Progress step by step
I'm not at home, so I had to document my progress with photos. I made them with my Samsung Galaxy. How I wish I had my Brother scanner with me ;)
I started with a sketch. Obviously I wanted spooks to be quite ugly.
I wanted this piece to be roughly drawn, so I redrew the lines with a marker.
Then I went on with some coarse shading, directing the lines to the down left, just as the overall composition of this piece.
More and more lines.
I wouldn't be myself if I didn't go for some dots, right?
Well, at this point it occured to me, that it will take some time to finish this work.
Here I was almost finished.
And then I was finally through ;)
I hope that you enjoy my art. Thank you so much @juliakponsford and @vachemorte for organising your wonderful contest, I'll make sure to watch The Juju Gum Conspiracy! :)
