Water Soluble Graphite Barn

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16″x12″ water soluble graphite on Khadi paper

I love using water soluble anything, so this was a relaxing way to spend a rainy morning. I could only find two of my pencils, however, so I’ve misplaced three of them. I used the tin of Artgraph Viarco graphite as well the carbon “tile” from the same company which helped with large areas of darker value.

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India Ink on Claybord

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Probably a final Inktober offering, a rather dreamy landscape based off a photo taken just down the road. There are so many layers on this it’s hard to count. It started as a white Claybord I inked to be mostly black, and then the scratching and layering of Ampersand inks began.

9″x12″, ink on Claybord

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A Busy Drawing in Ink

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Another Inktober drawing, this one using mostly India ink on Khadi paper. I bought a bottle of Higgins ink in brown, and it was a nice change from black and white. I ended up using Bombay inks to add some color.

10″x14″, ink on Khadi paper

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First Ever Oil Painting

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I’ve used watercolor, colored pencil, soft pastel, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite, and ink, but never oils. I bought five R&H Pigment Sticks in blue, red, yellow, black, and white, not knowing what to expect. I knew they act like oil paint but in a stick form so can be used a little more like a pastel. However, all the examples I found of oil sticks were bold and abstract while I knew I wanted something more realistic. I gave it a try with the first coat going on heavy and the rest with brushes and clay shapers. It turned out okay for a first try, although the trees were less than stellar.

8″x10″, oil stick on canvas board

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