pen and ink custom home portraits. So for now I will show a project that I worked on a few months ago. Along with my students, I have been experimenting with mixed media paintings. I tend to be very detailed with colored pencils and pen and ink, so I love the looseness of working with torn papers and modeling paste for textures and layering the variety of media allowing for previous layers to show through in places. Here is a piece that I experimented with, although I still feel like its not quite finished. The roof of the house needs another section on the right side. Although I was going for whimsical, it looks a little off balanced, so I am going to add a little more to it.
Some of the layers include: paint, then torn papers with architectural details and musical notes, tissue paper (crinkled up), black pastel for sketch, more paint, more layers, more paint. I didn't take photos as I went. I really need to start taking photos along the way. But here are some close ups so you can see the layers and the textures.
Enjoy the process!
hi Beth
ReplyDeletethis looks awesome!