Drawings – Nate Nolting

I ❤️ CMYK

I love cyan, magenta, yellow and black. This project explores using individual drawings as color layers. Each piece comprises four hand-made black and white drawings representing cyan, magenta, yellow, or black process colors. The layers create purples with magenta and cyan, greens with yellow and cyan, and reds with magenta and yellow when layered on… Continue reading I ❤️ CMYK

Collage, Photocopy, Ink

I’m enjoying making these new pieces. I’ve been going through many test photocopies while playing with distortions. Rather than using the clippings and mounting them to a board and connecting them, I layered patterns on the photocopier bed itself. Then, with the resulting copy, I joined the different designs with pen and ink. When working… Continue reading Collage, Photocopy, Ink

Collage from clippings

I started to take a different approach to making Coloring Book pages this weekend. I began with a stack of test distortions from pulling and twisting other drawings on a photocopier bed. I then chopped those tests into smaller components, not following any outlines. I then took a sample of them and put them on… Continue reading Collage from clippings

Putting ink on paper

I’m trying to get back into the habit of drawing every day, even if it is small. I’ve realized now that some skills are not like riding a bike. They are more like riding a bike with no hands and then trying to replicate that trick in your 40s; you will have a bad time.… Continue reading Putting ink on paper

Inkscapes

I started working on a new series of drawings. Most are ink drawings with tightly packed lines. Creating these drawings is mesmerizing, working out from one point until the page is filled.

Destroying a drawing

I tried a small drawing experiment tonight. I started with an image that could go into my Coloring Book collection, then took it to a copier and distorted it on the glass. I added a bit to the distorted drawing with each iteration and then distorted that one. The results got more chaotic when more… Continue reading Destroying a drawing

Hatching practice

I’ve been working on more drawings to add to my Coloring Book collection on Objkt. Along with the squiggle drawings, I’ve been making a few to practice hatching and shading. I’ve been starting by creating a bunch of overlapping shapes and then figuring out the light angle. Then I added hatching to approximate the roundness… Continue reading Hatching practice

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