Still in Brusho mode - but I am itching to get back to my beloved watercolours, (six weeks since my holiday with Hazel Soan was watercoloured out) and today am putting Brusho away and getting out my w/c palette.
These two paintings though are a little experimental, and I also wanted to try my new brusho colours and the effect of bleach on each of them, as I feel this is an important part of using this exciting medium.
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This was painted by drawing the figure, then using candle wax for the highlights around the figure and on the skirt, then woosh in with the Brusho. I used bleach for part of the legs.
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First I used Indian Ink and cocktail stick to draw in the outlines, then I used salt in the background top and bottom, love the effect! I didn't have to do anything, it did it all by itself. I used cobalt thinking I could bleach out the snow. Not that easy. Used bleach then a damp magic sponge over the top. So determined was I to get back to white that a ruined the surface of the paper. Never mind, 'It's only a piece of paper'.
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND, KEEP WARM AND CHILLAX, AS THEY SAY THESE DAYS |