It is Valentine's Day this week, so I am taking the opportunity to send my love to you all. This is a cropped portion of a recent painting. I have tried lots of new techniques lately. On this painting, I have collaged in some of my fabric. I have never done much collage, but it is lots of fun. I also tried watercolor crayons for the first time. Did you know you could use them on top of acrylics? They make lovely washes. I have used watercolor pencils many times, but I always thought that the crayons wouldn't blend well enough with a wet brush, so I was happily surprised. I can't wait to use them more in depth.My daughter was in my studio the other day looking at the supplies gathered on every surface and said, "You sure have a lot of paint!" I looked and thought how happy it makes me to be surrounded by so many beautiful colors every day. Is there anything nicer than art supplies?
Nice Jane - I have been wanting to try some new techniques too but haven't taken the time yet. Nice job. Being surrounded by art supplies is pretty nice, yes. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat's really pretty, Jane!
ReplyDeleteAnd I've recently bought some water-soluble wax crayons but not had time to try them out yet. I think they could be very exciting for me to use because I do prefer to avoid using brushes and mixing paint wherever possible. I'm hoping they'll do things that my soft pastels and oil pastels can't.
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Beautiful work! I have never used water soluble crayons but I think I may give them a try. :-)
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