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Roses
April Art Challenge – “Roses Are Pink” #1704
ARTIST: Sandrine Curtiss
CATEGORY: Advanced
Caran d'Ache Supracolor II, Luminance, and Pablo colored pencils, Faber-Castell Polychromos, Prismacolor Premier, Derwent Coloursoft and Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor colored pencils on a 9x12" Stonehenge Aqua 140lb hotpress.
A big thank you to Sally Robertson for sharing her photo.
This month, I put the new Stonehenge Aqua hotpress paper to the test. I used almost all the pencils I have, and I must say, I'm pretty impressed.
I started with the Supracolor II for my underpainting because I didn't want to use mineral spirit. But I had mixed feelings with the result. The layers didn't look as smooth as I had hoped for, but I guess it's normal when using hotpress paper. I'm sure it would have looked better on the coldpress paper. So the next step was a mixture of all the other brands, chosen for either the choice of colors or the hardness for the details, or softness for blending. I did end up using mineral spirit at this stage to even out and soften those new layers. I could have left it that way, it looked very soft, but I wanted to add more details and texture, so I went ahead and used more layers that I blended together with the Coloursoft pencils. They worked great for the final burnishing.
I really gave the Stonehenge Aqua a beating, and it took it all. I must say, after this test, I like it better than the Fabriano Artistico hotpress because of the texture. I never liked the grain on the Fabriano. To me, it looks more velvety on the Stonehenge Aqua, my new best friend!
Roses
April Art Challenge – “Roses Are Pink” #1704
ARTIST: Sandrine Curtiss
CATEGORY: Advanced
Caran d'Ache Supracolor II, Luminance, and Pablo colored pencils, Faber-Castell Polychromos, Prismacolor Premier, Derwent Coloursoft and Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor colored pencils on a 9x12" Stonehenge Aqua 140lb hotpress.
A big thank you to Sally Robertson for sharing her photo.
This month, I put the new Stonehenge Aqua hotpress paper to the test. I used almost all the pencils I have, and I must say, I'm pretty impressed.
I started with the Supracolor II for my underpainting because I didn't want to use mineral spirit. But I had mixed feelings with the result. The layers didn't look as smooth as I had hoped for, but I guess it's normal when using hotpress paper. I'm sure it would have looked better on the coldpress paper. So the next step was a mixture of all the other brands, chosen for either the choice of colors or the hardness for the details, or softness for blending. I did end up using mineral spirit at this stage to even out and soften those new layers. I could have left it that way, it looked very soft, but I wanted to add more details and texture, so I went ahead and used more layers that I blended together with the Coloursoft pencils. They worked great for the final burnishing.
I really gave the Stonehenge Aqua a beating, and it took it all. I must say, after this test, I like it better than the Fabriano Artistico hotpress because of the texture. I never liked the grain on the Fabriano. To me, it looks more velvety on the Stonehenge Aqua, my new best friend!