After I finished, I decided I could fix it a little. I did get out some gesso for real, and colored over some the the worst parts, and blended it in. It's not what I originally set out to do, but it was an interesting experiment.
Pears
Time to lighten up - all Milliande wanted for this page was for us to experiment with our art supplies by doing a still life with pears. I wanted to play more with the idea of liquifying the water soluble oil pastels with gesso, so I sketched and colored in the image with the pastels, then mixed a little gesso with water and started dabbing.
Curiously, it was working the exact opposite of what I had expected - instead of blending the colors, it was setting and sealing them. It wasn't even creamy! I looked at the bottle and realized what I had done - I grabbed matte medium instead of gesso!
After I finished, I decided I could fix it a little. I did get out some gesso for real, and colored over some the the worst parts, and blended it in. It's not what I originally set out to do, but it was an interesting experiment.
After I finished, I decided I could fix it a little. I did get out some gesso for real, and colored over some the the worst parts, and blended it in. It's not what I originally set out to do, but it was an interesting experiment.
2 comments:
wonder if that is how van gogh did his work?
I love the great colors in the green pears-look at the dimension you have achieved.... and in the background....pretty colors. I would love to try this if I could draw....Do you suppose people can try this with stamped images, or would the black leak or smear all over???
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