Crop Art diary

I also did another piece for the 2007 Minnesota State Fair Crop Art competition. It's based on the "We Love Katamari" video game. See that diary here.

On this page is a record of how I did a portrait of Lillian Colton, based on her 2004 self-portrait.

--David Steinlicht

Monday, August 20, 2007

Filling in the wild rice on the jacket. And that's it. Should have put more seeds around the lettering, but there was no more time. Done and not quite perfect is better than not done and possibly perfect. Time to take this picture to the Fair.

--2.5 hours

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Navy beans for teeth. I cut the beans to size with an X-acto knife. Nibbled each one down until it fit and looked right.

--1 hour

Amaranth lettering.

--1 hour

Wild rice.

--1 hour

Wild rice. Lining it up to suggest cloth of some sort.

--1 hour

Alfalfa.

--1 hour

Alfalfa.

--1 hour

Paint and some canola seeds on the jacket. I'm entering this in the "Special Occasion" category, so I can use paint for the background (I think -- I hope). They send a rule book every year, but I don't read it every year.

--1 hour

Eyes with red clover for the iris and celosia for the pupil. Lips using red clover.

--1 hour

Done with the millet. Put in the wheat berries for eyebrows.

--1 hour

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Millet.

--1 hour

Millet.

--1 hour

Millet. I'm putting the millet on in curves to imitate the contours of the face. The curves don't have to be accurate or sophisticated to add to the illusion of dimension. Just having a curve there where the cheek or chin is makes it look nice. It almost looks like an engraving, I think.

--1 hour

Millet.

--2 hours

Friday, August 17, 2007

Millet. Am I going to finish this in time? Sure doesn't seem like it at this moment, does it? I'll keep at it, though!

--1 hour

Millet.

--1 hour

Finished up the hair, on to millet for the face.

--1 hour

Wheat berries.

--1 hour

Wheat berries.

--1 hour

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Wheat berries.

--1 hour

Wheat berries. I'm placing the berries so the side with the division is up. That way, perhaps they suggest hair strands.

--1 hour

Birdsfoot trefoil for parts of the mouth. Starting on wheat berries for the hair.

--1 hour

Paint.

--0.5 hour

Amaranth.

--0.5 hour

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Amaranth.

--1 hour

Wild rice.

--1 hour

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Wild rice.

--1 hour

Canola.

--1 hour

Painting.

--1 hour

Painting.

--1 hour