Play of Shadows Series:

Week 2

For this weeks installment of “Play of Shadows” I thought I’d do a drawing from the original photo and set it up in the backyard among branches and grass . . .

The drawing is a rather light pencil sketch . . . so I ran it though Photoshop and and played with it to bring out some dramatic contrast.

Pencil Sketch

I then printed it on the printer, rubber cemented it to some cardboard, and cut out the resulting image. After darkening parts of the picture with pastel I took it outside to the backyard. I had great fun doing it.

Outside 1



Outside 2



Outside 3


Best to all!

Dan Z

2 Responses to “Play of Shadows Series:

Week 2”

  1. Rachel Says:

    Pretty amazing Dan! If only I had 1% of your creativity! Your ideas! Wow. Love, Rachel

  2. Nathan Says:

    This has been so inspiring..I hadn’t painted for almost two years, then I saw this. Amazing stuff!

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