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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #98:
Here’s the initial sketch for the Web of Interbeing project:
My watercolor sculptures start with drawings on tracing paper to make a template for the cuts. The first step was to mark the outer edge of the circle; then I began defining the main shapes with a gold PITT brush pen and added some adjustments in green before switching to erasable Prismacolor Art Stix in green, blue, and magenta. I emphasized the final boundaries with black. To experiment with the placement of the 2 main figures, I drew them on separate pieces of tracing paper with a MICRON .005 black pen.
In this closeup of the final drawing with cutting in progress, you can see some additional figures and a few more changes made by painting over the original lines with white acrylic, letting it dry, and then adding the new lines on top:
Here’s a closeup of the back; the Twinrocker watercolor paper is so thick, I often have to cut out delicate areas on both sides:
And here’s the paper right after I finished cutting out the design:
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