Red Pear (detail)
I did a second pear today, to make up for getting side-tracked earlier in the week. I’m still one pear behind, so I’ll probably do two tomorrow, too.
Day: November 23, 2007
d’Anjou Pear
d’Anjou Pear (detail)
This is another one done with Neocolors II over an acrylic medium ground. Only this time, I blotted the acrylic with a piece of waxed paper, to create a mottled texture. A single layer of watersoluble crayons were blended once with a very wet Q-tip, then left as-is. The only other thing I did to the sketch was to add a tiny bit of black to the shadowed area, blended with my fingers.
I also carved two new eraser stamps for this one.
Morning Clouds
This is what I woke up to–bands of clouds stretching all the way across the sky. The bands have broken up now, and the sun is trying to shine from between the cloud drifts.
Bosc Pear
Bosc Pear (detail)
I had some small scraps of denim left over from the book I bound yesterday, so I used one in this spread.
Again, I spread a thin ground of acrylic matte medium on the paper with a credit card. I find it fiddly to work with watersoluble crayons on top of acrylic, but I love the effect. This time, I used Neocolors II, because they harden to a more durable, waxy finish than Portfolios. I also find them easier to work with in most situations, because they aren’t so mushy.
For the first, all-over layer of color, I used a really wet Q-tip to blend. The second layer–medium and dark shadows–was blended with a damp Q-tip. The third layer–dark shadows only–was just smudged with my fingers.
You can see the pencil sketch through the crayon, especially in the light areas, but I kind of like the way it looks.
red paper boat 