Last week's Creative Cue (you can read about it here) is heel. Which immediately made me think of my dog, because she doesn't. She does lots of cool stuff, but not that. Then I thought of bread, shoe, and cad. Still like the dog best.So I took a picture of the aforementioned pooch and drew this portrait on cotton with my Derwent Inktense pencils.
Then, using a smallish brush, I hit it with water. These pencils have very intense color that comes out when you use water, but unlike regular water color pencils, on paper they become permanent after they dry. I've been wanting to try them on fabric and I was going to use fabric medium to wet them, but this time I just used water.
I like the way the color became more intense. I'm not crazy about the way it bled out and left lines on the edges. Next time, less water? Maybe don't brush it out all the way, knowing it will bleed some? Maybe add some more pencil and then some more water? Hmmm...
Then, using a smallish brush, I hit it with water. These pencils have very intense color that comes out when you use water, but unlike regular water color pencils, on paper they become permanent after they dry. I've been wanting to try them on fabric and I was going to use fabric medium to wet them, but this time I just used water.
I like the way the color became more intense. I'm not crazy about the way it bled out and left lines on the edges. Next time, less water? Maybe don't brush it out all the way, knowing it will bleed some? Maybe add some more pencil and then some more water? Hmmm...
3 comments:
I like how your inktense painting turned out, bleeding out and everything! I have some of these, but have never tried them on fabric. Good idea. Thanks for participating.
Very clever to draw your dog on fabric. I think the bleeding adds to the texture. Well done.
How about machine stitching more colour in and if you want to, add more pencil after that?
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