Thanks for stopping by and checking out my art! It has definitely been a labor of love. As far as the paper goes, i think i mentioned in my first post that it was high-quality printer paper. It is made for ink retention and high-quality prints from a printer.
I love to use printer paper... but generally, the cheap stuff works way better for my art. This paper has been pretty unforgiving and it's not great for layering colored pencils as i do it. I have had to go based on the feel and keep a close eye on when i am close to taking the layer or blending too far.
This paper seems to have a limit where the blending plateaus and then it will just remove the color and possibly damage the paper if i take it too far. I have reached that limit in many areas and it's frustrating since i wanted to go just a bit further in some areas.
As far as pressing too hard... there are times when that is a good method to get the color down but usually with a heavier more textured paper. Sometimes, pressing hard is the only way to get the tiny white spots covered. This is where the sharpie markers can bleed into the paper without creating a layer. Then you can build your colored pencil layer on top of that foundation.
For this artwork, i have had to constantly sharpen the pencils along the way. The sharper the pencil the less i have to press down with pressure and the easier it blends. I used to always press too hard... in particularly when i was sketching with pencil. I eventually learned how to control the pressure that i applied when using pen, pencil, or marker.
I think the volume of the purple and yellow ladies is my favorite aspect of this art so far... so, i'm glad you mentioned that as well. I am sure the final version will be pretty epic.
I also got a video of me and Luci yesterday that i will add to the final post. Thanks again for stopping by and sharing your professional artistic opinions. I appreciate your interest and encouragement! Looking forward to seeing your latest works as well. Cheers!
Yes! In fact, I've realized the love you've put into it, although perhaps my imagination fell short ;)- I saw the last post but I admit I didn't read it that thoroughly 👉👈although I did imagine it would be strong material.
Being a more expensive and delicate paper you can be a little more careful, I used to make my drawings on normal white sheets ahahah, for the pencil they were decent but for the colors no, they did not mix well! You better than anyone should know what it is that the colors do not mix ... then I bought some sheets for sketches, not so expensive, but they were much better material than the white school-type sheets. it accepted more layers and mixed colors better!
Yes, I understand perfectly there are certain limits and the paper speaks to you when it says that it doesn't want any more! and we stubbornly keep trying but sometimes that doesn't end well haha although it is somewhat sad because you want to add something else that you wanted and you can't but it's better that way so as not to lose what has been done... which is more horrible!
Ohh damn!! sir! that is annoying, those white spots made my head explode hahaah, it is that I did not understand for more color and layers that the drawing had, you could still see those spots and when I took the photos they were clearly seen. It was horrible and yes, the solution to this was to press harder, but the Prismacolors are quite soft and the tip wears off very quickly, for small places the sharpener was necessary ... That's why I mentioned the base of the Sharpie, the base helps a lot. Yes, that's great! even when making sketches it is good to have a very light pressure so as not to leave marks that will be seen with the color!
Yeah, ever since I saw how you applied the color on them my jaw dropped ahahah it's just great, they look so soft and so far they catch my attention a lot. I look forward to the end of this process! It will be very good, I feel it :),
A video? That will be nice to see, I'll wait for it!
You are welcome! It has been a pleasure to follow this process! Epic! although you flatter me with what you mention about "professional artistic opinion" hahahhha I find it funny I'm just another simple mortal.,
Greetings! good start to the week! See you at the end of your road with this.
Hopefully, the end of this road will be sooner rather than later. Hahaha and i have a whole bunch of broken tips from the pencils because of that softness you mentioned.
It's weird because i have found that expensive paper can be crappy and crappy paper can work very well. I guess it just depends on the job you need it to do and how well the artist can utilize the tools.
Thanks for taking the time to comment in such a meaningful way and to engage the content. I do appreciate it and glad you are getting a great start to your week. Cheers
Haahaah at some point it will be and that's the important thing :) .. Yes, they are very sensitive and they break, for very small places the fine tip is essential, you have to do it like you, very smooth so they don't break.
Hahahaha it's crazy! Once it happened to me that I bought 3 sheets of a material Supposedly, ¨Super special, great for drawing¨ They were very expensive and I only used one sheet because I didn't like how the color turned out, it was horrible! I went little by little but they didn't mix well, I also had a lot of white dots.... All a nightmare ahhahh.
I still have a lot of material that I used to use, so many colors, chalks, watercolors, acrylic paints, canvases and others... Ohhhh and pencil sharpeners are a slow death from one moment to another they stop working, even if it is the most expensive-
I think that's the best thing about Hive, being able to connect with others. ;) It's great to share experiences.
THE WEEK PROMISES TO BE GOOD!ahahha
I hope for you too!
Yes... i have whole back of pencil shavings from my poor sharpener. I feel bad for the little fella. He has been put to some major work on this one.
I saved a lot of my broken tips so that in the future i can crush them into powder and use them for blending. It's a cool trick i learned a while back ago. Hopefully, it will work.
We are definitely fortunate to have so many cool people on Hive to connect with. I am partial to the artists and photographers! hahaha
Hahah yes I understand I understand! It's crazy but I have a lot of pencil sharpeners that I'll have as a souvenir.
If that's a very good trick, it's great for the white dots that always remain.
I love it! every time I have a chance to chat and see little things over there!