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Mother Nature has her little ways. We've had no winter here to speak of and yet, with the arrival of spring, temperatures have plummeted, rain and sleet have set in.
I, in my warm house, have had fun today playing around with all sorts of drawing mediums: Caran Dache watercolor crayons, Cretacolor Aqua Monoliths, Derwent watersoluble graphite pencils for the colored drawing and Kaimei brush pen for the skylight scene.
Oh darn it. You've sold me. Now I have to go get a set of these aquamonolith things. Gosh, and I purely HATE to shop for art supplies ...
Posted by: Linda | March 23, 2006 at 07:38 PM
gosh Laura, astonishing, wonderful and beautiful variety of mark making that describes these views
Posted by: Cin | March 23, 2006 at 12:20 AM
Thank you, one and all. Linda, the Cretacolor Aqua Monoliths are a kind of cross between conventional colored pencils and watercolor crayons like the Caran d'Ache ones. I use them dry more often than I use them wet. They have more pigment than most wc pencils, but the really juicy areas in the chamocyperis trees were done with crayon. You know how wildly changeable the colors from watercolor crayons are after water is applied to them? With the Cretacolor AMs, the color stays true. I have a set of 72 Cretacolor AMs, so the palette is pretty extensive. I've been using them a lot since I started the themed sketchbooks. They allow for a kind of drawing/painting that I like very much. I'm not a fan of pastels, so these give me a way to get color from a dry medium, without all the muss and bother that pastels and pastel pencils bring.
Posted by: Laura | March 22, 2006 at 12:55 PM
I especially like the B&W one. The contrast of the interior with its spare description of the sill and handle with the riot outside is very pleasing.
Posted by: Wally | March 22, 2006 at 11:25 AM
Like your water world--both the saturated, bright version and the black-and-white dissolving one. I'd like to see what you'd do with ropes of ice, full of blebs and bits of vegetation...
Posted by: marlyat2 | March 22, 2006 at 08:36 AM
You can send the rain my way. Even with two cyclones to the north of me, we're not getting any desperately needed rain. I long to see lush green again. Thanks for these drawings. I enjoy it through your eyes!
Posted by: Terri | March 21, 2006 at 10:43 PM