I mentioned that I was going to try colored pencil on
Pastelbord. I had a 5 x 7 pastelbord that I had used for a
sketch. It had an apple on a plate, I washed off the pastel, but it left quite a shadow image, so I just went over that with colored pencil. I am surprised at how easily the colored pencil covers the surface. I was also able to change some areas just by putting a new color over an edge or mistake I was correcting. I finished the drawing and sprayed with Lascaux Fixativ. It seems to have covered it well with little to no bleeding or dissolving of the pencil. It worked so well that I am tempted to try it on pastel now.
Here is the colored pencil drawing. The cut piece of apple is a little more yellow than I wanted, but this was just a test, so I did not try to erase some and do over. It is ready to be framed ... with no glass. Very nice.
Now I will try working on a clean Pastelbord with a new drawing. I think I will like it.
Procrastinatin' Apple 2
Colored Pencil on Pastelbord
5 x 7 inches
Procrastinatin' Apple 2
6 comments:
Very nice little drawing Jo. I have some pastel board but I haven't used it for coloured pencil yet, though I've seen great results from others with it.
Does it eat up the pencils rapidly and what's the coverage like?
Hi Jeanette, As I have said, I haven't used CP very much. The board covered easily and it didn't seem to use much more pencil than paper does, but I have only sketched, not made large drawings. Check out Nicole Caulfield's blog for details and Maggie Stiefvater's blog. They both use Pastelbord.
Jo: It's a nice little drawing. I can't wait to see how it comes out.
Happy Easter.
Good on you Jo, I like it! From the photo, if I had to guess, I'd say you did it in pastels - interesting.
As for Jeanette's question, yes, I'd say that Pastelbord does chew up the pencils, because it really doesn't take a dull pencil at all, they have to be sharp, so you are constantly sharpening.
I really like this Jo.
fishing guy, thank you.
Rose, I guess it looks like pastels because I didn't sharpen the pencils. :) I'm lazy and stingy, so sharpen only when absolutely necessary. Ha. Guess I will try another!
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