A Productive Evening.....

Wow! What a creative rush! I had an incredible time tonight, so creative and inspiring. I'm not sure where the inspiration came from, not one bit. But I'm happy I ran with it. I'm so pleased because I don't usually do many mixed media pieces and this one turned out so true to what I had pictured in my mind. This piece is still not titled but is I'm very happy with it....hopefully I'll have it listed within my Etsy store over the next few days and will be sure to list the link. I'm rather pleased, the combination of watercolour paints, charcoal pencil, pan pastels and acid free pen complimented each other even better than I had hoped :)

It's definitely not my creates piece.....nor my most complicated, but overall I'm just happy to let a complete piece out of the jumbled creative mess my brain has been lately. The break in the creative block is welcome and hopefully will be the first of many new pieces......

*IMPORTANT NOTE* Blogger issues are preventing me from uploading a picture of the new piece, i'll be sure to edit it in as soon as the site decides to play nice :)

And now for something a little different

Today marks my first day experimenting with Pan pastels.....I'm not happy at all with this....not one bit. It's amazing how quickly you forget to use a medium when you ignore it for so long. I think I do remember why I wasn't too much of a fan of pastels now that I've picked them up again. This being said though I don't plan on giving up on them. One thing I'm realizing this time around is that I need to re-learn what I expect of them. For example, one key fact is that I shouldn't man handle the paper prior to using the pastels. I forgot the oils on my skin would pre-mark the paper, showing themselves as I run the pastel over them. I'll have to commit to learning how to use these materials a little more effectively and get more attractive results out of them. My impression of this first play sketch is how much it resembles my childhood art.

They are incredibly expensive too. This little set wasn't too bad though and a great steal (thank you Curry's!!!) although the individual pieces I'll need to get (notice there's no white or black?) are a little intimidating at six bucks per canister.

What I do like about them is how easily they glide across the paper, so much more control in this format over the traditional pastel stick. The colours are so incredibly vibrant and I have a feeling will pop a lot more once I get over being shy in the application of them on the paper.

I look forward to showing further experimentations using these pastels, hopefully along the way I'll create some unique pieces I'll actually list in my shop.

Under the Willow Tree

Under the Willow Tree is a painting just finished using watercolour paint and ink. It's 4x6 inches in size and features a silhouette of a girl among fairies under the moon and willow tree. Lately I've just been fascinated with the ink on watercolour look and love how this one has turned out......

You'll find this piece for sale in my Etsy Store