I picked a subject that I felt would lend itself to the character of this paint and I also took into consideration the results I had gotten from previous exercises.
I will confess that I had lost my patience with these paints and had low expectations that it could produce anything of real quality. Though I felt that even in these quick sketches of mine I could at least see possibilities or potential ideas when given more time.
The base colour was with Rewettable Grey 3 (I think) and let it dry. As per the “Fire & Ice” example from last week (see last post) I removed the paint with water from the lighter areas of the picture. Despite applying paint quite heavily I didn’t manage to pull that much off. Not having achieved what I wanted, I painted another layer but held off removing it till another day, letting it dry properly before working on it anymore.
The next morning I checked it and the lighter areas seemed more noticeable, not a whole lot more, but definitely had some shape to it. Knowing I wasn’t going to get any darker tones with the Liquid Pencil I used Winsor & Newton Indian ink instead.
To bring out the white areas more I attempted to use a Conte á Paris white pencil but it didn’t take to the paper so I finished it with some Golden Titanium White Acrylic paint.
I gave it as good as I got, my headspace had left the building by now, feeling this was somewhat of a carwreck. When I look at the finished piece I feel like the Liquid Pencil didn’t really contribute anything, let alone anything unique. My feelings were left with the belief that I could have achieved the same results without them.
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