Completed: August 26, 2013
Time Spent: ?
Materials: Chalk pastels, street chalks
Paper: sandpaper , 18in x 22in
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Showing posts with label sandpaper. Show all posts
Monday, August 26, 2013
Sunflower in Chalk Pastel
Completed: August 26, 2013
Time Spent: ?
Materials: Chalk pastels, street chalks
Paper: sandpaper , 18in x 22in
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Butterfly on Tulip
Completed: August 14, 2013
Time Spent: ?
Materials: Chalk pastels, street chalks
Paper: Sandpaper, 18in x 22in
Friday, August 9, 2013
Kingfisher in Crayons
My latest joy.
I loved the colors on the kingfisher. I was also wanting to try something with crayons and sandpaper again, so I thought I'd give the kingfisher a crack. I got excited, too, when I saw how bright the crayons were on the sandpaper.
I had a lot of fun working on this one. I felt very comfortable with the crayons. I didn't feel too constrained with getting the lines and shapes right. I actually enjoyed just playing with the colors. I wasn't so keen on studying the color wheel, so this was a good, fun alternative.
I loved the colors on the kingfisher. I was also wanting to try something with crayons and sandpaper again, so I thought I'd give the kingfisher a crack. I got excited, too, when I saw how bright the crayons were on the sandpaper.
I had a lot of fun working on this one. I felt very comfortable with the crayons. I didn't feel too constrained with getting the lines and shapes right. I actually enjoyed just playing with the colors. I wasn't so keen on studying the color wheel, so this was a good, fun alternative.
I will have to look at the colorwheel and study it, eventually, but it just wouldn't be me if I don't spend a lot of time screwin' around first. Hah!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Girl on Sandpaper
An author of a book on painting with pastels listed fine sandpaper as one of the types of paper she's used in the past, and I thought that was pretty cool. The use of an unconventional material intrigued me, so I wanted to give it a try. I chose to use oil pastels, because I didn't have a workspace that's suitable for working with dry pastels. Working with dry pastels produces a lot of dust.
I found out pretty quickly that it wasn't easy to add little details with the wide tip, cylindrical oil pastels, especially on sandpaper! It's a good lesson on how your materials dictate how much detail you can put on your painting. If I only painted one element, like the girl or the flower or the butterfly, I may have been able to create a more detailed rendition of each. Live and learn.
Completed: 11 December 2012
Time Spent: 3 hours
Materials: Crayola oil pastels
Paper: Fine sandpaper, 9in x 11in
I found out pretty quickly that it wasn't easy to add little details with the wide tip, cylindrical oil pastels, especially on sandpaper! It's a good lesson on how your materials dictate how much detail you can put on your painting. If I only painted one element, like the girl or the flower or the butterfly, I may have been able to create a more detailed rendition of each. Live and learn.
Completed: 11 December 2012
Time Spent: 3 hours
Materials: Crayola oil pastels
Paper: Fine sandpaper, 9in x 11in
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