Hewey's stuff - new stuff 4 Oct page 18 - Other Crafts

K kooche Member Los Angeles CA Joined: Apr 19, 2003 Posts: 577	K kooche Posted posted on Wed, May 11, 2005 12:04 AM Hewey these look great...i like how you feel your way through your color schemes...they work so well...mostly polarized into one temperate spectrum...monochrome nearly i don't use pastel at ALL but i know how challenging it is to control because i use charcoal when i go to life drawing and they are both dry sedimentray based mediums...to make the color REALLY pop though you should grind your values HARD...don't be affraid to go TOO dark or light...it's all about contrast and if you DO go too far you can always compensate...use your finger or a smudger to really pound your darks or lights...if you use textured paper you'll really benefit...GO FOR IT!!! this stuff shows great great promise! i hope you hit us with some more!

Hewey

these look great...i like how you feel your way through your color schemes...they work so well...mostly polarized into one temperate spectrum...monochrome nearly

i don't use pastel at ALL but i know how challenging it is to control because i use charcoal when i go to life drawing and they are both dry sedimentray based mediums...to make the color REALLY pop though you should grind your values HARD...don't be affraid to go TOO dark or light...it's all about contrast and if you DO go too far you can always compensate...use your finger or a smudger to really pound your darks or lights...if you use textured paper you'll really benefit...GO FOR IT!!! this stuff shows great great promise!

i hope you hit us with some more!

Post #157852 by kooche on Wed, May 11, 2005 12:04 AM