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A DRAWING USING PASTELS PENCILS ON TONED PAPER

Not mixed media...next post, I promise!



SOFT PASTELS ON GESSO-BOARD

The board I used had enough "tooth" to grab the pastel pigment easily. I chose to create a simplified tree-scape.


Rembrandt brand pastels are the best!

I used harmonious colors to draw in the shapes formed by the negative space (the background). Then I began to fill in the shapes.

Note in the finished work, below, that the brightest colors are balanced out with more neutral ones. Also notice that there is a sense of equilibrium.

TIP: Use a variety of values from dark to light!

 

EASY COLLAGE TECHNIQUE - FAST & SIMPLE

MIXED MEDIA -- 

A GRAPHIC TRANSPARENCY

ADDS IMPACT

A bold, high-contrast black and white photograph  (without grays) is best for this method. Print the transparency.

Select text, smaller imagery, and other papers in keeping with your subject-matter. Arrange them on a sturdy background, auditioning the transparency before you glue down the background. Consider your composition.

Because a busy, dark collage beneath the transparency will be too, too much, you must lighten portions of the papers with a gesso- or pale gouache-wash, or use white pastel. Let dry. The transparency will have more graphic punch, more of an impressive effect, if the collage underneath  it  doesn't "fight" with it.

Use your own favorite method for attaching the transparency. Some people just glue it at the edges, while others affix it with scrapbooking findings or other means.

From a book by Paula Guhin

PASTELS OVER INDIA INK

Sketch loosely with a brush...in fact, use a rather large brush if you wish! Guaranteed to keep you from getting all nit-picky. Create a black and white drawing with the ink on any white paper you like. Then let it dry.

Use soft or hard pastels to accent the piece. Spray lightly with fixative when you're done, if you wish.





GLUE, GOUACHE, AND SOFT PASTELS

I love to "draw" with glue--just regular Elmer's, usually--and let it dry. The figure below was then enhanced with gouache. For those who haven't used it, gouache is like opaque watercolor, also called designer's colors sometimes.  Finally, when the gouache was thoroughly dry,  I used soft pastels.

Washable glue, the bluish kind that dries clear, is great for drawing on black paper.  It seems to make the paper look even more black when it dries! Here I added white gouache when the glue was dry, but gesso would work, too.

The soft pastels really seem to pop against the black, don't they?