The Sapphire City
Mixed media on watercolour paper (acrylics, oil pastel & pencil)
Approx 11″ x 15″ (approx 28 cm x 38 cm)
© deb davies thorkelson 2016
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Some close-ups:
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Outside watching the varnish dry …
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© deb davies thorkelson 2016
Oh wow this is incredible!! Thank you for sharing! I’ve started venturing into the world of acrylics and you’re inspiring the heck outta me!
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Thank you! That’s awesome. 🙂
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Are you using water soluble oil pastels (I’m thinking neocolor), or something different? If you don’t mind me asking. Love this!!
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I don’t mind you asking at all! Just regular old (very old) Grumbacher oil pastels. I think they were my dad’s! I never use oil pastel until I started these experimental illustrations. Thanks dad. Sometimes I dip my brush into a tiny bit of Turpenoid if I want to blend them; it’s a neat effect almost like watercolours. (see the “fire” painting) … Mostly though I like the texture the oil pastels add without blending them. I can repaint over the pastels with acrylics – if (learned through trial and error) – the acrylics are heavy body (in a tube). Where I’ve used fluid acrylics (in a plastic bottle) over the oil pastel it will tend to peel off. I add texture by indenting the paper with a potter’s tool that’s like a thin metal stick with a dull pointed end, and this is how I realized the difference between the 2 types of acrylic. I use only Golden brand acrylics, a little goes a long way because their pigments are so strong. Thanks Laura!
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Thanks so much for the tips! I’m learning so much about acrylics and all types of mediums from my fellow artists here. And thanks for the follow, by the way! Your work inspires me whenever I see it!
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Thanks Laura and above all have FUN 🙂
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Thank you! I plan to!
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