Loot from a recent trip to the
Pearl Corporate HQ store. Always enjoy browsing through this particular store in
Ft. Lauderdale and chatting with the artists that work and shop there.
Philip Curtis proved particularly helpful sharing his expertise in drawing portraits and vast knowledge of field-tested art materials suitable for working quickly at "live caricature" events. Ended up picking up a couple of jars of skin base tones of
PanPastel Artists' Pastels to try and review. Since I had this stack of
black and white caricatures handy, the stage was set for some experimenting with this new format of artists' pastels. All of the the cartoon portraits had been drawn on smooth white card stock, but the pastel colors adhered to them well enough despite the lack of "tooth".
Laid down the base tone of
Red Iron Oxide Tint with a
Sofft Art sponge on this dry water soluble graphite sketch.
Enhancing the sense of volume by shading with
Burnt Sienna and adding some highlights with an eraser.
Rendering some dress details with a
Derwent Graphitint pencil.
First finished colored
caricature sample after partial blending with a
Koi waterbrush.
Colored the face and forearms with the
PanPastel Burnt Sienna and a
Sofft triangular wedge art sponge.
Erasing stray pastel coloring marks and creating some highlights with the
Sakura block style eraser XREC-100(SA).
Adding some light shading to the T-shirt and walking cane with a few
Derwent Graphitint pencils.
After blending with a
waterbrush. I am really liking the way all these different coloring tools work together.
For the final example, the
cartoon portrait of a receptionist, started with a light base of the
Red Iron Oxide Tint and added some shading with the
Burnt Sienna.
Using the two
PanPastel colors available to give it more sense of volume and the white eraser to remove any stray pastel marks.
Used a couple of
Derwent Graphitint pencils to color and give some texture to her outfit.
After blending with a
waterbrush. The
PanPastel jars and
Sofft Art sponges proved to be versatile coloring tools during these initial tests: quick and easy to apply, low dusting, and erasable. Might just have to get a bigger
portrait set one of these days to use at future "live caricature" drawing events. Thanks again
Philip for suggesting them.
Loot from a recent trip to the Pearl Corporate HQ store. Always enjoy browsing through this particular store in Ft. Lauderdale and chatting with the artists that work and shop there. Philip Curtis proved particularly helpful sharing his expertise in drawing portraits and vast knowledge of field-tested art materials suitable for working quickly at "live caricature" events. Ended up picking up a couple of jars of skin base tones of PanPastel Artists' Pastels to try and review. Since I had this stack of black and white caricatures handy, the stage was set for some experimenting with this new format of artists' pastels. All of the the cartoon portraits had been drawn on smooth white card stock, but the pastel colors adhered to them well enough despite the lack of "tooth".
Laid down the base tone of Red Iron Oxide Tint with a Sofft Art sponge on this dry water soluble graphite sketch.
Enhancing the sense of volume by shading with Burnt Sienna and adding some highlights with an eraser.
Rendering some dress details with a Derwent Graphitint pencil.
First finished colored caricature sample after partial blending with a Koi waterbrush.
Colored the face and forearms with the PanPastel Burnt Sienna and a Sofft triangular wedge art sponge.
Erasing stray pastel coloring marks and creating some highlights with the Sakura block style eraser XREC-100(SA).
Adding some light shading to the T-shirt and walking cane with a few Derwent Graphitint pencils.
After blending with a waterbrush. I am really liking the way all these different coloring tools work together.
For the final example, the cartoon portrait of a receptionist, started with a light base of the Red Iron Oxide Tint and added some shading with the Burnt Sienna.
Using the two PanPastel colors available to give it more sense of volume and the white eraser to remove any stray pastel marks.
Used a couple of Derwent Graphitint pencils to color and give some texture to her outfit.
After blending with a waterbrush. The PanPastel jars and Sofft Art sponges proved to be versatile coloring tools during these initial tests: quick and easy to apply, low dusting, and erasable. Might just have to get a bigger portrait set one of these days to use at future "live caricature" drawing events. Thanks again Philip for suggesting them.
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Awesome art work!! I'm bookmarking you!
Take care and STAY POSTIIVE!
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