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

T THOR's Member Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 610	T THOR's Posted posted on Wed, May 18, 2005 8:38 AM HEWEY!! I totally see a jump in your work as well!! It gets fsr more dimensional...and more and more luminous!! Keep going my friend! Experiment with "stroke direction" in a couple. Since much of this technique shows the evidence of the stroke of the pastel it's self, it allows you to use that as an advatage to show 3D. Try using the stroke as a "contour line". In other words..try to make the strokes in some "follow the form". Pen and ink artists do this. When they cross hatch the ink lines to shade a form their lines "curl" around the form..this shows dimension and perspective. I did this in the branches of the trees in the pastel thread I posted. Again, not to refer to my style as the one way one aproaches pastels in the least..you are developing your own great style, Hewey. These are just basic drawing tricks I am sharing that have worked through the centuries for artist.

HEWEY!! I totally see a jump in your work as well!! It gets fsr more dimensional...and more and more luminous!! Keep going my friend!

Experiment with "stroke direction" in a couple. Since much of this technique shows the evidence of the stroke of the pastel it's self, it allows you to use that as an advatage to show 3D.

Try using the stroke as a "contour line". In other words..try to make the strokes in some "follow the form". Pen and ink artists do this. When they cross hatch the ink lines to shade a form their lines "curl" around the form..this shows dimension and perspective. I did this in the branches of the trees in the pastel thread I posted.

Again, not to refer to my style as the one way one aproaches pastels in the least..you are developing your own great style, Hewey. These are just basic drawing tricks I am sharing that have worked through the centuries for artist.

Post #159841 by THOR's on Wed, May 18, 2005 8:38 AM