Saturday, August 18, 2007

Our Kitchen at Night



I did these two drawings "Our Kitchen at Night" and "Parker River Study" using Caran d'ache water soluble crayons. They are a little like the crayons we used as kids, only better. They have much more pigment and when you apply water (with brushes), they explode with color. I layer the colors, working generally from light to dark. They dry fast. I draw on mat board (acid free "mat guts", a friend calls them, being the inside part you are left with after cutting a mat), although illustration board would work fine.
The end result winds up looking like something between a pastel, watercolor, and egg-tempera.
I work small with these- 8x9" or less.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please post more pieces!! They are beautiful! Tell me more about your inspiration, your process! Amazing!!

August 24, 2007 at 12:01 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Beautiful. I cannot imagine how you turn 'crayon' into something so distinctive.

June 24, 2014 at 9:26 PM  

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home