I'm enjoying the feel of my new paintbrushes. They are not the most expensive ones, but quite ok for what I am doing. I might get just a couple of really excellent brushes soon, though, because I want to be able to get really fine lines and these cheapo ones are just not cutting it in that department. This is a freehand doodle using white gesso paint on particle/craft board. I have started to add some colour using prismacolor pencils. I'm not sure how this one will turn out, I am just having fun experimenting. What are your favourite type of paintbrushes? Any suggestions? Please comment below :)
Paisleys are great, aren't they? I love 'em. If I see anything in a shop with paisleys on it, it immediately catches my eye. They are so much fun to draw, because they have a lovely flowing shape, and you can make each one totally different just by changing the pattern. Once you have the general shape down pat, you can then add whatever your heart desires.
As part of my Moleskine Experiment series, I doodled this particular one on a recycled cardboard folder, using 'gesso' paint which had been watered down so that it flowed just so. What do you think about this design...should I use it to paint on my Moleskines? Let me know in the comments below...and don't forget to watch the video and share it with your friends.
The other day I paid a visit to a place in Wellington called 'Uncle Bill's'. No, he's not my uncle...just one of those shops that you can buy just about everything from at a very inexpensive price. Buy at your own risk, mind you, and make sure you check that everything works before you leave the shop. I went there to buy gel pens, but ended up buying everything else instead, as I tend to do in this type of shop.
They had some interesting art equipment there...not the sort of thing you would expect you to last a lifetime, but I bought myself a pretty decent paintbrush. It's called a 'Taklon Liner' and it has really long, thin bristles which are great for doing fine curly flourishing lines. Once I got the hang of it I just couldn't stop, and began painting everything in sight with some white gesso I found at the back of my art cupboard. I will have to work out how to fix the paint on somehow, perhaps some spray varnish will do the trick...otherwise the whole lot will just scrape off.
As you can see, my art journal with its smooth black cover was just asking for a spruce up. I have video recorded some other little curly paintings I did on some dark surfaces with white paint, and when they are all nicely edited I will post them on my YouTube channel so you can see how I did them. I can't wait to show you.
In the meantime, I have posted a video about the materials I used to decorate the cover.
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