Sunday, January 6, 2013

How to use Šljivovica in the pastel painting?

"I saw a fork in a tree"
 Soft pastel on Wallis 20x15 cm (6x8")

After the initial drawing I wanted to drop this painting, but forced myself to continue and at the end I was really happy with it. The reason is probably the new process that I just invented. I ran out of alcohol which I sometimes use to make the under-painting, and came up with an idea to use Šljivovica (plum brandy) instead. I heavily applied it and enjoyed the smell while it was drying :).
Some pastel particles got drunk, started to float around and made some beautiful effects which I used to my advantage. Or it was my eyes that were floating? Can't remember well :)


This study is done for the WetCanvas WDE thread. The reference is this thread here.


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