Charcoal and White Gesso on Mylar
I didn't want to do it. I refused to do it. I wavered. I did it.
I had used Mylar previously with coloured pencil and although it looks lovely, was not my favourite "paper" to work on. In fact I didn't want to try it again. As it turns out though, it's lovely to use with charcoal and gesso. I'm not happy with the undersized head in the top drawing so the nice thing about mylar is I can erase, wash off or scrap what is there and start off that bit again.....and I think I will!
This was another good bridge into my painting class that will start at the end of April. I've never used oils before, but it's the same instructor and is another "expressive figure" class so I'm looking forward to it. Okay.....actually I'm scared silly, but it's now or never. Also, they work on very large canvas' which is right up my alley. Go big or go home baby!
8 comments:
Have you ever done anything in crayon?
Yup.
Did The Hat Keep Him Warm???
No, that's what the bow tie was for;-)
Thank goodness he was wearing something to keep him warm.
I've never worked on Mylar but I have come across a lot of coloured pencil artists who have. I really like your second pic of him.
i want that hat :D
oh and at least the bow tie was around his neck :p
Interesting technique. I like them, especially the top one.
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