As a follow-up to my last post about fixing pastels by steaming them, I thought I'd share one of the local cottontails I painted using the steaming method. The composition is very simple, but the idea was to find out what the steam does to different colors. You can see on his body the blues, greens, violets and oranges. The steam does make them more saturated which can be a good thing....or not.
Carol, as big as this bunny is and as handsome I want him to deliver my Easter Basket. Jean
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ReplyDeleteHe is so sweet! I wonder what it is in the pastels that causes them to become more saturated when steamed? Whatever the cause, those colors are great.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Libby. Pastels are just pure pigment in powder form put together with a binder. I know a few people save the pastel dust from their projects and mix it with distilled water and a binder to form new sticks in beautiful gray colors. I haven't tried it yet. Here's a link to one description of the process.
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What a cute little thing. I love rabbit and this one is so well painted. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate that, Sam. We have so many Cottontail Rabbits in this area. My husband is a photographer, and he must have taken hundreds of rabbit photos so far. They are hard to resist!
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