Pelican - Scratchboard - 8x10"
It has been a busy week - thus my poor posting this week. At the moment, paint is drying, so I'll be posting a new painting shortly. But I've also been working on a commission this week, and I've been experimenting a bit with some ideas I'm revisiting from several years back... a sort of mixed media endeavor with paint/mylar/and graphite. I hope to post some of those explorations soon.
In the meantime, this is a scratchboard drawing, done as an example for my students. Working with scratchboard is a lot of fun - although some types of board are much better than others! Also some styluses are much better than others. My favorite stylus is actually an exacto knife with a new blade. Once you allow yourself to think in the negative, the scratchboard drawing comes together much like other types of drawing.
In the meantime, this is a scratchboard drawing, done as an example for my students. Working with scratchboard is a lot of fun - although some types of board are much better than others! Also some styluses are much better than others. My favorite stylus is actually an exacto knife with a new blade. Once you allow yourself to think in the negative, the scratchboard drawing comes together much like other types of drawing.
Wow this is elegant. I didn'tknow about this. Would love to see some more scrachboards if you have any. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteLOVELY work. I enjoyed it. This is my favorite medium too.
ReplyDeletehey helen,
ReplyDeletehave not seen you do this technique! very very nice!
nice pelican, and nice use of light and dark. I really like your composition too:)
ReplyDeleteVery nice scratchboard drawing, thanks for sharing, something really different, Anna :)
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