Sunday, July 21, 2013

OIL PASTEL AS A RESIST WITH WATER-BASED PAINT

Traditional oil pastel (not the water-soluble kind) 
acts as a resist with watercolors, liquid acrylics, 
thinned tempera or gouache.

I used good, smooth watercolor paper and applied the oil pastel heavily in the line design seen below.
art tutorial, how-to
Yup, this is a simple resist demonstration!















Then I washed in some diluted gouache.
resist painting
I added a few white accents later.
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1 comment:

  1. Really like this one. Lots to ponder. Love the fact that it pulls your eye around the page, have variety yet is balanced without being symmetrical, suggest light and shadows yet isn't figural. Always enjoy your pieces. Thanks for sharing.

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