I hope everyone is having a great summer. I am spending a lot of time at my cottage, and it is so beautiful here. In my spare time, I am tackling some different painting projects - I am working with textured paintings, and, it is interesting, to say the least! I do have a couple of pen & ink projects to share with you.
This one is a silhouette piece designed by Bonnie Seaman, and can be found in her book 'Landscapes'. I did this piece on a 17x8 piece of wood. I prepped it first, put the pattern on, then filled in all the black areas with ink....I worked with Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens (disposable) for all the inking work. All the buildings, windmill, etc. were outlined with a superfine pen - this pen was also used for the grass and weeds around the pond, then I filled in all the solid areas with a 'brush' pen. For the bushes and trees I used a scumbler and fan brush respectively to pounce ink on. Just a note about the inking - you will probably have to ink two coats for full, thick coverage. The sky and pond were simply swiped on using combinations of red, orange, yellow and purple oil paint.If you plan to do any silhouettes using this technique I have some advice. As stated above, I did all my inking first then added the paint - well, in the process of applying the paint (a couple of coats) I obviously got paint on my inked areas, and had to go in an erase all the paint. So, if I ever do a similar project, I will trace my pattern, outline all my inked areas, apply all my paint....then, after spraying, I will ink in all my solid areas and then pounce on all my bushes and trees.
The project took more time than I expected, but I am very happy with the result.
This piece is done in a more traditional pen & ink manner. The original design is by Bonnie Seaman and can be found in her book 'Country's Edge'. I have included the pen & ink drawing before any paint was added, along with the completed piece. You may recall that in my last post, this same pattern was included (painted by Ginette, one of the girls in our art sessions). I have used different colours than Ginette did, and it gives the piece an entirely different look . I did use Ginette's method of doing the background. I like this piece, and I had fun doing it!
My weekly art sessions will be starting in a September, and I will be posting information about that shortly. I have been working on some different art projects and I am looking forward to showing those pieces to the girls in my art sessions.
That's it for now - thanks for visiting my blog.
Joan
