I've been working on improving my knowledge of color because I feel I ruin all my sketches when I try to color them. Practicing withe pastel chalks because I love how they blend and are easy to take out and put away for short working sessions and create surprising results. With a multi cat plus household its an absolute plus. Pastels take over and you just follow along however they lead you. They're very tactile since you work with your fingers blending. These I created from quick sketches on pale blue construction paper outlined with colored glue and colored with pastels. All the materials were inexpensive. The flower were painted on white drawing paper and I used poster paints then cut them out. Wanting to stay focused with my coloring goal I just played around arranging the flowers and set then on black paper to take the pictures. Then I took pictures and critiqued my own work made changes rearranged the flowers and cats and voila I had a finished creation from my practice session. . I didn't have to start over because I ruined the background. I wonder how the pastels will behave on colored pastel paper. All ideas,technique, and coloring inspired by pins on pinerest No expensive books or classes to attend.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Down Time at cat rescue
Everything is not about taking care of cats. Their would be little growth and rejuvenation without taking time for oneself. Alto I'm here 24/ 7 /365, and have to admit there are times when all seem overwhelming and downtrodden, I have to fit in time for arts and crafts after caring for the basic needs of animals and between cleaning shopping and administrative work and visits to the vets. Because I am surrender by lots of cats all the time everything has to be modified to fit into the schema of a multi household of cats. Anyone that knows cats understands as cats can be pretty destructive, demanding and persistent.
I've been working on improving my knowledge of color because I feel I ruin all my sketches when I try to color them. Practicing withe pastel chalks because I love how they blend and are easy to take out and put away for short working sessions and create surprising results. With a multi cat plus household its an absolute plus. Pastels take over and you just follow along however they lead you. They're very tactile since you work with your fingers blending. These I created from quick sketches on pale blue construction paper outlined with colored glue and colored with pastels. All the materials were inexpensive. The flower were painted on white drawing paper and I used poster paints then cut them out. Wanting to stay focused with my coloring goal I just played around arranging the flowers and set then on black paper to take the pictures. Then I took pictures and critiqued my own work made changes rearranged the flowers and cats and voila I had a finished creation from my practice session. . I didn't have to start over because I ruined the background. I wonder how the pastels will behave on colored pastel paper. All ideas,technique, and coloring inspired by pins on pinerest No expensive books or classes to attend.
All ideas start with something on paper. To get down your ideas then improve and improvise.
I've been working on improving my knowledge of color because I feel I ruin all my sketches when I try to color them. Practicing withe pastel chalks because I love how they blend and are easy to take out and put away for short working sessions and create surprising results. With a multi cat plus household its an absolute plus. Pastels take over and you just follow along however they lead you. They're very tactile since you work with your fingers blending. These I created from quick sketches on pale blue construction paper outlined with colored glue and colored with pastels. All the materials were inexpensive. The flower were painted on white drawing paper and I used poster paints then cut them out. Wanting to stay focused with my coloring goal I just played around arranging the flowers and set then on black paper to take the pictures. Then I took pictures and critiqued my own work made changes rearranged the flowers and cats and voila I had a finished creation from my practice session. . I didn't have to start over because I ruined the background. I wonder how the pastels will behave on colored pastel paper. All ideas,technique, and coloring inspired by pins on pinerest No expensive books or classes to attend.
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