WORK COMPLETE
"A Brush with Gorillas"
COMPETITION FOR A TITLE
Over a period of a week in 2016, Simon sketched this image of a female
mountain gorilla and her youngster from a beautiful photograph taken
by up and coming photographer Oliver Nicklin. The process of sketching
the image was posted on Social Media each day until it was completed.
The competition was to give the finished sketch a title, with the person
with the winning title receiving a signed limited edition print of the sketch
as a prize. The competition ended at midnight on 24th December 2016
with Oliver Nicklin choosing the winner "Oonagh Puglisi's" title:
"NDAGUKUNDA"
(Which means "I love you" in Kinyarwanda)
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The ORIGINAL sketch framed in a Double Mount with Non Reflective Glass
NDAGUKUNDA
Finished my part.... all you need to do is name it!!
Day FOUR - feathering the youngsters fur.
The young gorilla is starting to take shape with a lot of work still to be done with the fur on it's head and shoulder.
Day THREE - Finished the hands last night and now starting on the youngster today
Day TWO - I'm putting in the fine hair on the mouth area.
Day TWO - The early Chalk and Charcoal sketch of the female Gorilla - Shoulder and left hand to do next.
Day ONE - The laborious task of putting down markers for the main sketch.
