I love using unusual papers. This is a handmade paper that was given to me because I gave the papermaker pieces if mica. She put the mica into her paper pulp and made beautiful flecked sheets of paper. Unfortunately in the reproduction you can not see the mica flecks that glitter when they catch the light. It is very unique paper and I only have a few sheets of it. This drawing was done using the same birds that I had already sketched. I mainly used a very soft graphite pencil for the black and added the white and orange with soft pastels. Again, this paper was a challenge to work on. It is unsized and I had to work very lightly and gently. Sometimes the mica flakes would fall off if I worked over an area too much.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Blue Goose, Blue Goose, Snow Goose
I love using unusual papers. This is a handmade paper that was given to me because I gave the papermaker pieces if mica. She put the mica into her paper pulp and made beautiful flecked sheets of paper. Unfortunately in the reproduction you can not see the mica flecks that glitter when they catch the light. It is very unique paper and I only have a few sheets of it. This drawing was done using the same birds that I had already sketched. I mainly used a very soft graphite pencil for the black and added the white and orange with soft pastels. Again, this paper was a challenge to work on. It is unsized and I had to work very lightly and gently. Sometimes the mica flakes would fall off if I worked over an area too much.
