Rembrant-Lyra Oil pencils are a dream to draw with…so smooth & creamy; and they’re heavily laden with a delicious pigment range!
applique
Having so much fun drawing on wood again!
When too much is enough;
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I, sometimes, just can’t help myself. A little bit more here, a touch there, a dash…hmmm, you get the picture. When is too much…well, too much? Never. As long as the composition is balanced and harmonious.
‘Golden Tides’
colored pencil
Sometimes I wonder if I push the concept of beauty into the realm of the grotesque aesthetic? Nah! Less is…well, less and more, is definitely more.
Burnishing
colored pencil
Blending is the process of layering colors and merging the layers of color together with layering techniques and/or combination of blending tools. As a result you get richer images.
Layering colors gradually, building the layers of colors up using light to medium pressure can give your works an illusion of depth, deepen colors, modify colors, can give the work an impression of light or luminosity.
Burnishing with color pencil can create a beautiful rich glazed look. Burnishing is layering multiple colors and then applying heavy pressure with a light color pencil or with a tool. The wax melds together and causes the drawing surface to become slick, filling up the entire tooth of the paper’s surface.
Burnishing works best with a light colored pencil, such as cream, white, light grey or cloud blue, apply heavy pressure over layered colored area to be burnished.
Use the metal scoop part of a ceramic clean up tool, a spoon, or any other smooth metal device and apply heavy pressure in circular like motions to the colored layers to be burnished
Golden Tides (unfinished)
colored pencil
So, mermaids are real…
The Cat’s Whiskers
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Yes, those are my cat’s whiskers embedded into my work. Yes, they’re real. No cats were harmed in the making of this piece; I collected the whiskers, from around my house, for a number of years, as they fell out naturally. Yes. I am aware how weird that is and no, I don’t have a problem being the crazy cat lady. Any other questions? No? Good, I’m off to make a tinfoil hat then…
Golden Locks
colored pencil
It’s amazing what you can do with a packet of cheap ($2), colored school pencils. Burnishing on distressed, recycled wood is my new favorite friend!
Treerific…yes, I went there. I know. I’m sorry.
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Again, I’m given a sliver, a miniscule snatch of time to indulge my arty-self and what do I do? Start the piece on his nursery wall… I think I may be broken?! I just can’t help myself.
It’s not finished yet, but the piece is coming along nicely, so, maybe sooner, rather than later…I may just escape out to my studio and do some art, just for me!
Grae Hastings 