Friday, January 31, 2014

Delight-A Warm Up

I  saw a teacher of mine when I was in the store today. I was reminded of a technique she liked to use as a warm up.  I decided to try out my new oil pastels in this way. Her directions were to use any materials you like or have at hand. Then quickly apply them to the paper in any way you like. Keep going until you feel to stop. Step back and squint, turn the paper around, whatever...until you can pick out some shapes. Then define the shapes so the rest becomes the background. I was delighted to find this Korean Princess.I used watercolor over the layers of oil pastel to bring her out. The rest of the page got out of control so I stopped to have an apple.

3 comments:

Michele Beck said...

great process. I guess you never know what you will find.

Margaret A. Lundin said...

great to read about your process and your freedom in experimenting and letting something emerge. this image sees like something new for you. do you think so too?

Andrea said...

Well, I never drew her before. I have drawn figures... That's the fun of this warm up; you draw whatever you see on the page