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The Media
I am frequently asked how I make my pictures
look the way they do.
It is an effect achieved by the blending of a
number of media including watercolour, soft and hard pastels, gouache,
acrylic, coloured pencils. Each piece begins as a design interpreted in
either drawing pencils of various hardnesses and or India ink. After choosing
an image, I decide which media should make up the “bones “ of the piece.
When I want a stronger more exact deliniation of the image, I will choose
the pen and ink approach. When the image is a soft, “foggy”, not
pronounced main character, I will go with the pencils.
After drafting the piece onto 100% rag paper,
I begin to decide the amount and opaqueness of the colour. Watercolour
and acrylics can be made to be transparent. Pastels can be made to “melt”
either on top of or beneath the transparent layers. I like to use
the gouache for the more opaque layers that usually appear beneath the
pastels and pencils. All of the pieces are treated with a fixative that
will hold them to the paper for a longer lived piece.
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