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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

tutu


so finally......I tried out the Jessie Willcox Smith method. I first drew it out in charcoal and established all the values. Using charcoal pencil can be a bit difficult to get into any details but it did create a nice texture on the wall. Then I sprayed layers of workable fixative. I was a little worried at first because when I was trying it out before I used hair spray, and with that I cannot lift out any watercolor paint. But to my relief, workable fixative allows me to lift out some mistakes. I really enjoyed this method, I think I'll definitely do this again.

and by the way, how cute are they in tutus?

8 comments:

bolognafingers said...

Very cool Izzy, I think this method worked great. The dog looks fantastic.

Steven Wayne Howard said...

i think it worked out really well- this was for fun?

isabella said...

haha.....unfortunately yes and no.... i did it for my mid-term for my golden section class, its open topic as long as we use the golden section measurements. anyways, i always wanted to try out this method so i decided to make this project worth it.

Emerson Tung said...

this is so cute, Isabella.. I really think your medium is watercolours. Hope to see more of this technique. I love how you contrast simple shapes with textured ones in here. Good job!

Angeline said...

This is beautiful and adorable. I love your watercolors, the colors are always bright and strong.

Unknown said...

omg, this is so awesome. super cute!

Albert Ramos said...

Hey Isabella. Thanks a lot for your words, and thaks for checking my blog and web out... and for adding me in your list :)

I´ll see you around, BTW... are you going to David Ball's show? If so, I'll see you there :)

OH! I almost forgot to tell you that I love the bulldog in tutu!

Quincy Boyd said...

I'm see that the technique worked very well for you. I remember how excited you were to try it out. The piece came out great! The tutu on the dog is flawlessly done, good job!