Experimenting with new media – a still-life
I am almost finished with a new piece of a pear on a tabletop in front of a window. I purposefully left the background out of focus, to contrast with the detail of the pear. It’s very small (4 x 6 inches), done on green pastelboard, and using new colored pencils for me: DerWent Inktense and DerWent Coloursoft Pencils. I used the Inktense for background color, washing them with color to get a relatively quick lay down of initial color. Those are bright colors. They don’t look like it when dry, but add water and lookout! They bloom. Then I used Coloursofts for the drawing. It was interesting for me to experiment with new materials and pencils.
Nicely done; the shadows came out beautifully. I am enjoying watching your “experiments” with new media!
Comment by Holly Bedrosian — Thursday, July 24, 2008 @ 2:52 pm
Thanks Holly. I’m not too sure about this piece, but that’s okay. It’s good to experiment, right?
Comment by Debbi — Thursday, July 24, 2008 @ 3:18 pm