Christmas baubles
Time for some shiny Christmas baubles!
I decided to try a new technique today when using my oil pastels and watercolours to draw Christmas baubles, it involved a paperclip!
Firstly, I wanted to create the effect of shiny coloured glass. I built up lighter sections of oil pastels to suggest the reflections of light in the glass.
I had built up layers of colour with the oil pastels and watercolours but then I wanted to add a delicate pattern. I thought it would be interesting to use a bent paperclip to scrape through the layers of oil pastel to carve in my design.
Next I added several layers of dark watercolours over this, allowing the colour to soak into the gaps that I had created using the paperclip. I like how this new technique turned out and I think it's something I'll do again with future work.
The outcome
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I decided to try a new technique today when using my oil pastels and watercolours to draw Christmas baubles, it involved a paperclip!
Firstly, I wanted to create the effect of shiny coloured glass. I built up lighter sections of oil pastels to suggest the reflections of light in the glass.
I had built up layers of colour with the oil pastels and watercolours but then I wanted to add a delicate pattern. I thought it would be interesting to use a bent paperclip to scrape through the layers of oil pastel to carve in my design.
Next I added several layers of dark watercolours over this, allowing the colour to soak into the gaps that I had created using the paperclip. I like how this new technique turned out and I think it's something I'll do again with future work.
The outcome
Follow me @opheliafu
Follow me @opheliafu
Really beautiful lady @opheliafu, I do not understand any technique, I only know when something I like and I like this very much, I have to confess that since childhood I have weakness for Christmas decorations. Congratulations
Thank you. It's pretty basic stuff- water resists the oil, I just manipulate those properties.
It is very beautiful! @opheliafu Just like the legends you tell on your page @jlufer :)
That's brilliantly done :0) resteemed
Thank you very much, and for the resteem too!
:0)
Shiny!!!
Yay!
They are beautiful, now you need to draw the tree and lights :)
Are you setting me work? It's Christmas!
It will help you if you can't think of what to do next, I was helping :)
:D xx
You have so many different art techniques -- and still you are experimenting! That's an artist, alright! ; )
How else will I progress? I do enjoy the 'what if ?' approach to making art.
: )
it is very very beautiful, have no words @opheliafu
WEEEEE!!!! Look at the possibilities with oil pastels!
I just did a drawing of a creepy dude using marker and oil pastels but something's missing. Maybe a little water color for that extra something! Hmm. I may have to play a little more with it.
Depending on the type of markers used, you may find adding water bleeds the pen. If controlled this can be a really nice effect.
lovely ornaments.
Really nice effect. Love the colors you used.