Welcome back, dear reader. No, my spelling capabilities haven't abandoned me. In the title I'm making reference to Ampersand Pastelbord (their typo, not mine), a surface that I suspect I'm going to love just as much as Colourfix.
I got my hands on some about two weeks ago and it wasn't until last week that I decided to try it out. The piece I have below is 5x7", was done on the "Sand" coloured board and all in all I have to say that for a first attempt on a new support I'm pretty tickled about how it came out. It's quite toothy like Colourfix but not as gritty and, being a board, when I go to frame it I won't need glass over top. This will be a great boon for when art fair/show season starts up people visiting my booth won't have to do the "bob and weave" to avoid the glare that is inevitable with glass. Anyway, there's the piece below:
I'm also throwing in a close up:
Hey, when I said close up I meant close up. It's a bit fuzzy but you can see how smoothly the pencil went down which was a bit of a problem with Colourfix, for me anyway.
I have several more boards so I plan to find suitable subjects for them (I've already started on another one). A lot of my eagerness is coming from the prospect of being able to frame these without glass. I know, artists get excited over the oddest things...
Anyway, I have quite a few commissions to get done so I should really stop goofing around on the interweb and get down to work. I'll be doing another WIP (of an ACEO) next week when I find a super duper horsey subject to use. It's a toss up between a proper equestrian piece (ie- the horse is actually working) or something a bit more fantasy like. I'm so indecisive...
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