Pisces - Graphite drawing and Acrylic Blender : colour experiment.
Hello !
Following my previous post about acrylic blender and graphite tests, I thought it would be interesting to share a few steps of the process.
For this I started a new drawing from fresh, on a wooden tablet covered with Gesso (there are a few previous failed experiments buried under that white layer, but shhhh ! :D )
Then I did a few rounds of my favourite game :
1-Acrylic blender
2-wait for drying
2- paint washes
3-wait for drying
4-go back to #1
Blender's step is often a stressing stage : brush strokes stay visibles after drying, and unleveled areas render differently at light, so better take a few minutes to make sure everything is ok before letting it dry.
D.tube video shows a bit of these steps.
I did these rouds until I had something decent...
...on wich I could try again and again the same stuff... Just to see how faded - but without drowning it completely - coud become the painting under these layers,.
That's all for today :)
Have fun, and take care of yourselves !
Cheers !
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Very cool 🤘🏼✔️
Thank you, @jbajunior ! :)
Hey berin, I love it! I have a question since you used graphite for the drawing layer, did you fixate it before started painting over it with acrylic paint?
Anyways, great result with the colors, it has a bit of steampunk feeling which suits the gritty style very well. :) Hope to see more. :)
Cheers
Dm7
Thanks @dm7 :)
The drawing is made on wood, and tend to be be far more resilient than on paper, so no use of the usual graphite/pastel fixative .
It needs to be protected though, and that's the job I gave to acrylic blender (can be seen at 30s or so in the video).
When dried, you can use brutal tools like glasspaper : graphite won't get away easily (useful to get to get a damaged/worn out effect)
Just be sure it's dry before starting to work over it though :)
Hope it'll help :)
Yes it definitely did! Thank you! It is really lovely! :D
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Thanks @arcange, really appreciated ! :)
I found a kindred spirit here! Great way to work!
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Thanks a lot :)
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