Feeling a sense of relief, and wanting to indulge in my own creativity, I am now working on a wildlife bird scene of two black-capped chickadees. Since I received my order from Blick today, why not try my new Rembrandt's on the Colorfix Plein Air Painting Board?
After printing and cutting the outline of my subjects, I worked the background first, spreading the pastel with my fingers (I use finger cots now!) all the while using the cut-out paper as a guide and a mask. This is an easy and fast way to work backgrounds while keeping the area that needs to be free of color still virgin. I have included the two images below to illustrate my point.
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| -completed background with cut-out (grey-scale) |
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| -background completed with cut-out removed leaving clean area with crisp edges |
Wow! looking forward to seeing this WIP, Colette.
ReplyDeleteI rarely put in backgrounds but wouldn't have thought of using cut-outs ... what a great tip!
ReplyDeleteDo you simply cut round the subjects with scissors and tape them to the support?
Thank you Hilda and Sue for commenting!
ReplyDeleteSue, rather than tape the cut- put, I simply hold it with my free hand when I work the pastel up to the edge of the paper. Taping might damage the delicate surface so I do not take a chance.