So today's post is going to be an update of my second attempt at the daisies for my ongoing Van Gogh project as well as another older unfinished piece I dug out in an attempt to re-work. But first, the daisies:
Van Gogh project daisies, take 2. WIP5x7, coloured pencil on Colourfix
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Up to this point I've really only filled in the base colour for the stem, petals and underside of the flowers. This is the same thing I did with the first daisy piece but I find now that I'm working on the Colourfix I feel less anxious about making alterations as I go. As I mentioned with the first daisies, Colourfix is much more forgiving than Mi-Teintes when it comes to layering and fixing mistakes.
That said, the only problem I can see at this point with this piece is the background and that expanse of blue sky. Seeing that Colourfix is a sanded surface it's worth noting that from time to time you come across little sections that have a bit more grit to them than other spots. As a result you get chunks of pigment that come off the pencil and aren't as easy to remove. I'm not sure how I feel about a sky that could be described as "chunky". However, I haven't gotten to that stage yet (it's slated for this week-end) so I'll just have to wait until then to see if I can pull it off.
Now the other piece I yanked out was a horse I started last year, sometime around June or thereabouts. I had a sampling of pastelbord at the time and was still getting comfortable with using it. I got the horse outline down and started filling it in and then...I got stuck. My steam for it ran out and I put it in an envelope and forgot about it. I came across it again last week and figured I'd take another stab at it and, of course, I forgot to take a pic of it before I started to re-work it. So this is the point it's at now:
Untitled (for now at least)8x10, coloured pencil on pastelbord
Copyright Rita Woodburne
It needs colour and value and "oomph" (that's a technical term, I'm sure of it). I'm going to take my sweet, dandy ol' time with this one because I'm not really sure where I was trying to take it in the first place... but that's what happens when you squirrel a piece away for close to a year before looking at it again.
The weather is supposed to be less than accomodating for outdoor activities this week-end so I'm hoping to get some of the many works-in-progress I have on the go wrapped up or close to it. I've told myself I can't start anything new until I get at least 3 of them done so with that in mind, I'm off and art-ing.
Back later in the week with some more on the gardening front!
3 comments:
nice start to the daisies and nice restart to the horse :) Can you leave the sky out? or would that be too much grey? I told myself the same thing.Get something finished before I start another piece lol I think have almost a dozens things going at once it too much :p
I don't think you should worry about the sky looking chunky. Van Gogh's skies, along with everything else, are all chunky looking.
I like the placement of the flowers. Can't wait to see what you do with it next!
Jennifer- I had thought about leaving the bg "as is" but I think it might look too dull. I'll have to get more of the daisies done before I really figure out what to do.
Lisa- VG was a big fan of chunky, wasn't he? ;) I thought about throwing some purple into the sky but I'm still hemming and hawing over it.
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