oil pastel on silk organza mounted on paper
Well, my experiments on silk organza are moving along. This one is oil pastel mounted with PVA glue on to printing paper. The surface holds lots of material and does not blend as well as ordinary paper. The trade off is that mark making can be bold and brash. I wonder if this surface would work well for soft pastels too?
oil pastel on silk organza
This surface is just the organza thumb tacked to a piece of print making paper. I removed just the organza layer here. I love this effect but am still trying to figure out how to document it. Scanning tends to pull out more of the weave of the cloth than shows to the naked eye. This is a photograph of it with white paper behind. I intend to frame it in double glass with double mats somehow....I want the light to filter through the drawing from both sides. This is the problem of working with unconventional surfaces.....how the present the darn things.
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Bold and brash SOUNDS like my kind of thing, and these two images LOOK like my kinda thing!
You can only try it with soft pastels and let us know how you get on.
Experimentation is great fun. Who knows where it will lead?
these colours are absolutely gorgeous Lindsay!My sister in law in SA paints on silk with watercolour...wild ainamls, birds..exquisite work in the finest detail. Seeing it done on the silk in person is wonderful...how I would love to see these scenes of yours on the silk! Maybe you're going to do one in a FPP sketchbook..that would be SO special?
Ronell
Thank you Ronell....shhhhhh That's exactly what I intend to do....
These are coming along really well. I like the effect and the suggestion to put some light behind them sounds very good, but yes: how to put into practice; another thing may be a mirror at some distance (1 inch or so) behind the work, maybe reflection would do something nice to it also....
Very good idea Gesa! And a mirror reflects more light than an ordinary wall surface.
Isn't it interesting how oil pastel seems to lend itself to experimentation in a way that certain other media do not? OP on silk organza ... sounds (and looks) fabulous!
Yes, that was what I was thinking, how does it look with a mirror behind?
Thanks ej and yellow. I just love the medium and it feels easy to just try all this stuff.Really fun.
this looks great!
experimenting is so much fun :>)
I'll be interested to see where else you take this
Might also be worth trying "special" lighhting,like small uplighht to direct the mirror's reflection. Lots of ideas bouncing around with this one!
(It would also look stunning as a top-stitched textile pice.Oh, go away, Dinah!More than enough already!)
Thanks Vivien and welcome back! Hope you had a nice vacation. I bet you have lots of ideas rolling around.
Hum...interesting ideas Dinah. The textile is an interesting thought but the ops don't ever really dry.
These are beautiful, Lindsay your colour choices are magical. I love this project. I had a watercolour framed between two sheets of glass so it floated but it would work so much better with your fabric. Brava - keep going.
PS - I wish a version would find its way into my sketchbook - but then I wish a collage would too. I know I'm going to be smiling whatever happens :)
Robyn, I'll keep all this in mind;>)
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