yosemite on scratchboard

A couple posts ago, I posted a detail, and here's the finished piece.
If you don't know what this is, it is called scratchboard. You work in the opposite then drawing with a pen. You scratch away the white.
This particular board is made by ampersand, and it's a black claybord. It's nice because it's not as flimsy as some of the other scratchboards I worked with in the past.
I worked based off a photo using artistic license to add or delete as needed for composition.
Have you ever tried this?
It's a lot of fun.
5x7 claybord black/ scratchboard

Not much to post yet...

I've been doing stuff, but I've got nothing much to post yet...
I've been working on a scratchboard. It's tedious, as all scratchboards are, and I'm enjoying it. I've been working on it mostly at night, for the past week or so.















Also, about a week ago, I went to a new diner while my mother-in-law was visiting, and since it was so cool on the inside, I just had to draw it.




















Yesterday I worked on a bridge painting I've shown here before, but I still have to put in a couple more hours into it before it's finished.
Thanks for checking in, leave me comments. That's the only way I know people are reading, and it helps me to keep on posting.

30 faces no.16

At the risk of sounding like I think myself the greatest, here's another one of me.
If anything, it's actually the opposite, because as you will note, I wouldn't say it's a particularly flattering view, but rather a distorted look, from a weird angle. I love the picture, taken by my husband, and thought that it would work out well for this medium.
Please forgive the flash-like aspects of reflection. This is done in a clay coated scratchboard, where I've used a fine dipping/scratching pen, to reveal the silver/white lines. The surface is semi shiny, and when light was on it, for the picture, it reflected it back.
I plan on doing some more work on it, but I like it enough at this point to post it.
Happy scratching!