"On Alert"Pastel on ColourFix
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Jan Gibson
I think I must have cats on the brain or something as this is the second lion I've done and I've been eyeing a couple of cat reference photos too! I started this lion soon after I finished the first one located HERE. By the way, I ended up with a title of "Intense Pride" for that lion at the insistence of Martina who felt the word "pride" should be in the title somewhere!
Anyway, I put a first wash onto the Zoey painting and decided to finish this while the wash was drying. Most of the time I like to work something from start to finish as I sometimes get sidetracked but since this lion was nearly finished, I decided to go ahead and finish it.
It's on a 9x12 inch, dark blue ColourFix sheet and I'm not sure I like ColourFix for pastels. It ends up being very messy plus, I think I've worn the fingerprint off my index finger trying to blend it! I like ColourFix for colored pencil but it really makes a mess with pastels. I still think my favorite pastel support is the Ampersand PastelBord. It just seems to have the right amount of grittiness to hold the pastel without being overly abrasive.
I think I'll buy stock in Ampersand as I like it for just about every media I use!
Anyway, I put a first wash onto the Zoey painting and decided to finish this while the wash was drying. Most of the time I like to work something from start to finish as I sometimes get sidetracked but since this lion was nearly finished, I decided to go ahead and finish it.
It's on a 9x12 inch, dark blue ColourFix sheet and I'm not sure I like ColourFix for pastels. It ends up being very messy plus, I think I've worn the fingerprint off my index finger trying to blend it! I like ColourFix for colored pencil but it really makes a mess with pastels. I still think my favorite pastel support is the Ampersand PastelBord. It just seems to have the right amount of grittiness to hold the pastel without being overly abrasive.
I think I'll buy stock in Ampersand as I like it for just about every media I use!
