Friday, December 17, 2010

Sanded Paper Texture


Things I Leared Today
This post is an experiment - keeping notes on-line of things I learn or of which I need to remind myself.

Today - different textures of sanded paper respond differently to broad areas such as sky or backgrounds.

Smooth paper - UArt
  • Rembrandt harder pastels work well. Blending with fingers can wear out the fingers.
  • Sennelier works well for accents, last touches.

Textured paper - Arches self-sanded

  • Rembrandt does not blend well over broad expanses - the paper texture keeps it from being smooth or blending one color into anohter
  • Sennelier works better can be blended with the fingers

1 comment:

  1. My favorite is Wallis.Both White and Belgian Mist, I usually do a water color wash,on white. LOOSE. It is not the painting. Hand made I like texture. The more the better. It looks like strokes of oil paint.I paint in oil too. Pastel my love.check out my web; my name.com

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