Day 1 / Silver point Project

Day one could have gone better but it started much like all my other projects. A dry run.   I was too excited and worked to fast.  I got too dark too soon.  I had traced around the arrowheads because I want them to be the actual size.  The first and third one I'm ok with but #2 just kept getting bigger and bigger. The forth one, it just got away from me.  Even the two I liked, are too dark for silverpoint.  Silverpoint needs to be layered to get the values the way you want them.  I got too dark right off and I have no where to go. You can't erase that easily in silverpoint.  It was a good practice ran and I enjoyed the day.  

I've seen a lot of arrowhead before but drawing them, you really see the details.  At first I thought I had bitten off more than I could possibly draw, the edges are so confusing.  The cuts into the stone are so precise and so many of them.  Then I starting noticing the patterns the artisan used.  I would have just sharpened a stick, a point is a point, right!  Oh know! they are not just a point. They are remarkable. My cousin tried to teach me Arrowheads 101, but it didn't take.  

This is just one of many (so many) display cases my cousin has.t I picked a lot of the arrowheads I'm drawing from the one pictured above.  I also wear gloves so the oils on my skin do not get onto the paper.  The silver won't stay put and the patina won't be consistent .