Started a new project. It will be a little more complicated
than my normal artwork. Usually I have a single subject which I work on in
detail or a large overall landscape. This time while I have a subject, it is
more complicated than a single object or collection of objects. It is a group
portrait?
A horse, its rider and a dog. I love the composition. It has
something I really love in art, humor.
The surface I am using is colourfix paper, from its cool
pack, Fresh Grey. This is a pretinted, toothy paper designed for pastels,
charcoals, etc. It is good for colored pencil as it is strong enough to allow
the use of multiple layers. It allows for blending and burnishing without
crushing the paper fibers. I used a
similar surface for my pelican drawing. This surface also takes most paints.
This time I am using the paper form, not the board form, in
a smaller size. The finished work will be 8 x 10. Maybe a little small for the
detail I plan.
I did the basic sketch on tracing paper and then used white
graphite paper to transfer the drawing to the work surface. Then using erasable
colored pencils I blocked in the basic design.
Often I will do the base layer in water soluble pencils and
then “float” the colors in a wash to lay down the basic design, but decided
this time to simply use the eraseables.
