Drawing #4- 5 in 30 minutes

My pictures are posted but out of order. I don't know how to move them around yet so the first one you see in the last post is the last one I did. It's called "flying by the seat of your pants". That what I felt like I was doing in this challenge today. I used a smaller piece of glass, about a 4x6 and used Egyptian blue frit. The blue frit moved around on the glass better then the black I used yesterday. I started out with making a line of frit with my fingers and trying to make trees. Used too much frit. I chopped it up with the business card and 5 minutes was up. Next I used less frit and tried make a few strands of lavender flowers and making a bow with my fingers. Less is the way to go when using your fingers to sprinkle the frit on the glass. #3 is a dolphin. Again I used fingers to sprinkle a lose shape on the glass then the card to move the frit around. I'm getting the hang of the card and using my hand to make curves and movement. #4 I tried sifting frit to cover the glass with only my fingers. No easy out here, all hand and paper work. I pinch the frit with my thumb and index finger, hold my had about 18" above the glass and rub my thumb and finger together. That process covered the glass with a thin coat of frit. It wasn't perfectly even, but I'm not going for perfect. Then I used the card to make lines to shape a horse head. I don't remember what I used my finger for on the glass. I'll have to look at the picture again! The last one explains what the challenge was all about today for me. Again i covered the piece of glass with a coat of frit like I did in #4. I did use a timer and didn't run out of time in any of my drawings. Keeping it simple. So on to Drawing #5.

My mantra- it's not about the destination, it's the journey.

"Back to the Barn"

Drawing #3-Landscape using fingers and card-"Back to the Barn" or horse on toothpicks.

I call this one "Back to the Barn" because they are HORSES! Don't draw and drink. This is what happens. Anyway, the wine is good! I haven't been out to the barn where I ride in 3 weeks! I miss JB and Indy, riding in the pasture, the barn, the trees.  And JB and Indy are not horses on toothpicks. They are the best trail horses. Thank goodness I ride the horses better then I draw them. It 's only day 3. And I only doodle, I know nothing about art. I know the color wheel. So I looked up the meaning of sgraffito. It is a technique of ornamentation in which the surface layer of paint or something else is scratched off with something pointy. This is a board

definition. Pushing, spreading, moving, smearing powder frit over glass into something you can recognize and call your own art is my definition. On to Drawing #4.

Drawing #2-use fingers and business card to draw trees

This was hard for me to use a business card to move powder frit around on glass. I started over 3 or 4 times. I watched Kelly's video over and over. I use light brown-sienna- instead of black. I went tropical.  I hope I don't have to draw any flying birds any time soon. I have flying Vs in powder frit.

From my 1st drawing.....

I have learned from my first drawing that less is more. You start with just a fine line. I poured a 1/2 jar on my glass and was swimming in powder. It was a mess. I pinched as much as I could back in the jar. I could only use my fingers. And I will always wear a mask over my mouth and nose. The powder is very fine. Next drawing, remember less is more.

Yea Baby, I got it going on now!

I added my drawing to Kelly's blog! Added a photo to my blog. I'm getting the hang of this! Starting to be fun!! Hey, save a horse, ride a cowboy!

1st drawing for challenge 01/01/2015- My Boot