This is colored pencil on gessoed canvas. I will never do that again! It ground down my pencils as though it was sandpaper, and took ages to finish. I am reasonably pleased with how it came out, and it will be on my granddaughter's bedroom wall soon.
One warning if you ever want to try it, the color rubs off onto your hands. I am going to try using a fixative to set it better. I hope that works.
2 comments:
Janet, it's beautiful - but then, I wouldn't expect anything less of you! I'm amazed that the colors are so brilliant! What pencils did you use?
Hugs,
Sher
Sher, you are the dearest person, hands down. I hope you are doing well, that your knees are healing fast, pain much less.
I'll be sending this off to my granddaughter soon. I had to spray some fixative on it, something.
I also used Odorless Mineral Spirits. That takes it from drawing into painting. I colored the colors in, and went over it with OMS. On some areas I did that repeatedly.
Mind you, this was on gessoed canvas. I shouldn't sent this to my granddaughter, I should put it up for sale for a million dollars. Because this is the one and only Janet C. Fish piece that will be done like this. I cannot believe the time this took. And gessoed canvas was about like sandpaper on the colors. Wore down my favorite colors, took a tremendous amount of time, AND the effect would have been better on paper, probably. If you'll send me a million bucks, I'll give some of it to my granddaughter! LOL
I used prismacolor pencils. They are the ones I've been happiest with so far. I am a tad disappointed that they are now making them in Mexico rather than the USA. But I will continue to buy them, because the color is so good.
They also have to be sharpened carefully. I quit using an electric sharpener, even though some pretty impressive artists recommend that. I buy those cheap sharpeners with the metal blade so I can toss them when they get dull and start with a new one. They sharpen well, and don't cost much.
One recommendation I have on sharpening prismacolors pencils.... if they break in the sharpener, and you don't think the sharpener is at fault, turn it around and sharpen from the other side. I've come to the conclusion that the grain of the wood in some of them can make sharpening difficult, but turn it around, and it seems fine.
Love, Janet
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