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havalotta · 03-20-2010, 02:00 PM

So where do you get all that texture from. Gesso before it's painted? You must be using graphite dust. I'm guessing. Impressive pieces...

will-o-wisp · 03-20-2010, 06:03 PM

Thanks havalotta.
I use gesso as the white paint and/or paper and build up in layers alternating with pencil and acrylic medium and acrylic paint. Then I burnish in between layers and coat it in the end with a final coat of medium. The graphite is from various grades of pencil, mostly soft unless I really want to incise the line into the piece when I use a really hard pencil.

havalotta · 03-21-2010, 06:38 PM

I'm a good guesser ha? I like texture.

03-20-2010, 02:00 PM	#61
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	So where do you get all that texture from. Gesso before it's painted? You must be using graphite dust. I'm guessing. Impressive pieces... __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

03-21-2010, 06:38 PM	#63
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	I'm a good guesser ha? I like texture. __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

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03-20-2010, 06:03 PM	#62
will-o-wisp Rock Star Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Piedmont area NJ USA	Thanks havalotta. I use gesso as the white paint and/or paper and build up in layers alternating with pencil and acrylic medium and acrylic paint. Then I burnish in between layers and coat it in the end with a final coat of medium. The graphite is from various grades of pencil, mostly soft unless I really want to incise the line into the piece when I use a really hard pencil.