This is a mixed media painting I did before eating dinner. I started out drawing in crayola crayon then I used crayola markers with water over the crayon. I smoothed here and there then added extra layers of crayon under marker until I was satisfied.
The smooth crayon under layer makes working with markers very easy. Shading is easier as is covering up mistakes. I also like the texture it makes where marker stains the paper but not the crayon. I discovered it’s best to use yellow with green marker or blue marker with yellow in order to get the desired result of green. It’s been fun experimenting with the two mediums.
Flowers Before Dinner is the start of my second sketch diary which has been dedicated to flowers of all kinds.
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From the beak you can see this is a male swan, a cob. His arms are stretched wide where a star bounces from his wing and spreads light across the sky.
Title: Swan and Star (this and all image on SUNDRIP are copyright protected)
Art by: F. Magdalene Austin
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I figure when my hands won’t hold a brush for this or that reason but I still have use of my fingers, then by all means my fingers should become the brush.
“Standing Swan” was created in oils using nothing but my index finger and oil paints. I used Prussian blue and white oils on 6 x 9 acid free paper.
Art title: Standing Swan
Art by: F. Magdalene Austin
Note: The oil isn’t dry but this painting has been sold. Thank you.
I had no idea I could use a basic crayola marker this way. All I did was draw a little of the picture then brush over it with a wet brush. Some of them I really liked but others I wish I’d done a few things differently.
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An Experiment With Crayola Markers – September 29th, 2009 7:50AM EST
He said, “Rest your head upon a grassy pillow and let the season’s change.”
Title: Change of Seasons
Art by: F. Magdalene Austin
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