Recently, he has been working on wood with pastel. Yes, wood. A medium from which paper is derived from, yet has a completely different texture. Below are some of his works:
One thing that absolutely baffles me about his work is that once the drawing is complete, the grain of the wood disappears beneath the image. I always thought that would have an effect on the drawing, making it more difficult to produce but Hoo makes it look as easy as pie.After a closer observation of his drawings, he appears to create a base layer of colour first, from which he builds more solid colour blocks before adding in the finer colour and detail. His artwork is rule astonishing and at a first glance, I actually thought they were photographs.
Although I work in a completely different medium, I could still reflect his way of working by working up the base layers and adding the detail, which I definitely need to start doing as I just dive straight in, head for the details and then get frustrated when it doesn't work as half of it is complete and the other isn't.
What have I learnt from this artist? Don't believe everything you see at first glance.
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