As an avid life drawer, I was given the challenge of coming up with an other-worldly mining environment... and to draw it, lighting, atmosphere, and all... ENJOY...!

1. In process
the guide to understanding
ashford’s work....

2. First:
I think of the coolest places in my head
and I try to imagine the lighting...
And then I build them out...

3. I wonder around this world for a bit,
thinking of the atmosphere, the building
situations... or even the mining
possibilities...

4. second:
Then, I imagine the outer areas...
What is out there?
Who would live here?
Can I get there?

5. I would live here...

6. Third:
What can be done here?

7. As I explore the surface... and my
mind.... for a bit...
I contemplate day and night, cool
and hot... Hard at work...
Or just resting from the day!

8. fourth:
And as my imagination wonders...

9. I crawl back into the cave from
which I emerged...

10. lastly:
I create
HOME...
in all sense
of a foreign
escape...

11. Because I like to imagine such strange and wonderous
worlds, I must first master my own... and painting from life
is going to be the key in doing this...
process
Continues...