Spending 3 weeks in the pristine nature of NZ does something to your soul. Wandering along the Lake Hawea seafront, I find an endless supply of rocks and pebbles. The lines and shape of the pebbles has recognizable patterns, they are little faces with a lot of character! I already worked this way before, with my Little accidents and Mustard ‘Overheards’ illustrations, last time was also whilst traveling through New Zealand, so it seems this is just the relationship NZ pebbles and I have with each other.
Weather worn pebbles
Lake Hawea, view towards Breast Hill
Sketching by the sea front
Little rock men.
Background texture using droplets in layers
Applying my rock men to the textured background
To transfer the drawing to the large canvas I used Renee’s nifty little projector.
Little rock man detail. Using Red Oxide and teal for the shading makes the little men pop.