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"Unique Trust." New drawing

By Sheona Hamilton-Grant on 3/22/2013 10:29:09 AM Comment on this

Unique Trust
Pencil on Paper
57 x 46cm
Sheona Hamilton-Grant. All rights reserved
After spending a little more than six weeks hand in hand with my feelings, memories and pencils, I proudly present "Unique Trust".
In line with my 2013 resolutions, I was determined to jump out of my comfort zone and roam a little in the unknown suburbs of my drawing ability.
A different approach had to be taken.
So I went big much much bigger, stepped away from the classic head pose and began discovering how to convey a very special intimate, precious moment. 
"Unique Trust" happened in layers: a layer of technical knowledge topped with a double layer of whipped emotions, sprinkled with a wee bit of pencil magic. 

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Past to Present - new pencil drawing

By sheona Hamilton-Grant on 8/18/2008 4:42:16 AM Comment on this

Here is Past to Present.

There will always be a gap between generations. This is normal and healthy.

Past & present shows how much trust, respect, confidence, understanding and strength can be achieved by bridging generations.

I loved drawing this piece.

Many reasons spring to mind (new territory, new subject, new challenge, new approach...)

However, the main reason has to be (symbolism aside) rendering three totally different textures: hair, cotton and skin.

I used a 2B, 5B (for the dark jeans) and F (for skin). The T-shirt I will admit was rendered by blending 2B which I then layered with F to get the smoothed crushed feeling. The paper used was Mellotex a very thick smooth white paper.

I'm glad I found the TLC this piece needed last week.

Now: it's back to gorgeous 4 legged subjects.

Cheers for now

As always please feel free to check out my blog Black on Grey on White at sheonas.blogspot.com

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New graphite drawing..step in a new direction

By Sheona Hamilton-Grant on 8/14/2008 4:46:52 AM Comment on this

The dust had settled just a little up in the studio but nothing too thick that one wee puff of breath couldn't dislodge...
Here's what I found:
A new study... still very much in progress. I like it because it's heading in such a new direction (2 legged subject as opposed to 4!) and also because, as we all know, hands are the ultimate challenge.
With a little bit of luck and professional time management, I 'll be able to get a few more sessions in before the week is out... and give it some much needed TLC!

Make sure to also check out my (almost) daily studio blog at: http://sheonas.blogspot.com/

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Quality Time, new drawing of father and child

By Sheona Hamilton-Grant on 10/11/2007 4:13:48 PM Comment on this


Quality Time

Finished, proud and relieved.
Gentle Tom was not a one off , Quality Time is the follow up to working out of my comfort zone.
This latest drawing is a  little piece I have done on the side...I felt I had done really well with the commission work and allowed myself a little treat. 
Quality Time is the result.  It has taken 10 days to complete and roughly 50 hours and a whole load of ups and downs.  (Must admit that at one point it was steely determination that kept me going...!)
At the end of the day, there must have been more ups because I can't wait to get cracking on my next project.

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