Already March!:) We here in southern Ontario practically count the days to spring, and sunny warm weather, even when the winter is as mild as this one has been! I have been in my studio drawing up a storm..... it is a great place to spend dull dreary February days.
I had in mind to do something for my husband, Ted who has been in the trucking business for over 30 years and has a passion for anything large on multiple wheels. I dug up a photo of one of his favourite trucks, a 2003 Peterbuilt sleeper cab and thought I would do a "technical" sketch for him to hang in his office. I was going along quite well and was pleased with the effort, when I did an artists' no - no! : never leave drawing work on the easel while messing about with paints. I had taken a break from the eye-straining detail of the drawing to dabble a bit in watercolour and - alas - splashed blue watercolour paint on the drawing which I had left on my easel behind a "protective" (ha) paper. The paint had landed right on a highlight area.....couldn't have been on a black wheel well area.....ah no.....
Needless to say, I was a tad
disappointed. At that point I was about 12 hours into the drawing. Now, for anyone who is not familiar with drawing paper you need to know it absorbs anything liquid you put on it, unlike paint papers where the paint sits on the surface. Not knowing what to do - how does one get paint pigment out of a graphite drawing? - I put it aside, seriously considering trashing it.
The next day, I posted it to my online artist group and asked for suggestions on how to repair it. The responses were very helpful and encouraging although no one had ever actually dealt with this specific issue, but, inspired, I decided to employ coloured pencil - white, grey and silver to
try to cover up the blue.
Check out the finished picture! I am pleased with the repair and Ted is pleased with his drawing....just shows a little perseverance pays off!
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