"The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come."
Making progress on this experiment with mixed media on pastel paper. Still a ways to go.
Daily Painting: Day12
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| Making progress |
When I walked into the studio today, looking at what I had done yesterday, I was extremely tempted to throw it in the trash and start new but then I kept thinking about all those quotes I've been reading and posting, the ones about not giving up and what have you got to lose and why not just go for it. So I did. Here's yesterday's attempt- SCARY!
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| WIP Day 11 |
So, here's what I did today. First, there were too many layers of pastel already so I decided to try to get rid of some of it. I found a stiff brush and started brushing layers off. I then took my gum eraser and gently started erasing some of what was left. This helped some of the background to show again, which I quite like. Going into this, I had no idea how it would work or IF it would work but it did. There is still plenty of tooth left on this wonderful paper (UART 500).
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| WIP - results after brushing and erasing unwanted layers of pastel |
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stiff brush that I used to gently brush away unwanted pastel layers
make sure to wipe off brush of all the pastel dust now and again |
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| my supplies - I began to use some pencils to get back the details and am finding I like them |
So, after I removed pastel, I then went back and sketched in some details and slowly started adding color and detail. I grabbed one of my pastel pencils to sketch and decided I quite liked it so I started using some of the other colors that I had, layering and using for details. I don't have many so it might limit my palette until I get more.
One big issue that I see with this mixed media is that the pastel is not adhering very well to the acrylic paint (specifically the dabbing of white that I did), possibly because it was too thick and textured. I think I would stay away from using acrylics next time. Although, it can have some interesting effects. In small amounts, it might not be too bad.
Check back tomorrow to see more progress. I haven't decided to give in yet.
