Richard Hull, “Teller” (2023) CHICAGO —...
How Do You Document Your Artwork?
July 16, 2021
(updated February 25, 2023)
Published by KateH
Do you photograph your art as you are creating it to provide documentation of the process? I do. Perhaps obsessively I do. However, documentation shows the evolution of each work. I can see the changes as well as additions that take place to get to the finished piece.
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I also create color charts at the start which are based on what I am seeing in my mind for the drawing. This helps me keep track of the specific colors that I am using. The color selection is not written in stone. I may use all or some or even add more along the way. I then have the color combo documented in case I choose to play with the same colors in another composition.
Oh yes, I also use PhotoShop near the end when the very last detail will either suffice or push the work into being overworked. This is where I am right now. This drawing is not finished. The final details can be the struggle.
Yellow (tsah-HOHV) 22″ x 30″, pastel-graphite on Fabriano paper.