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I forgot to enter, can you believe it?? Sometimes I dunno where my mind goes too! It’s okay anyway, I’d never figure out which photo to enter…
Oh I am so sad I missed the yellow griffin Water!! I was watching it earlier and had an hour or so left, then I got busy and totally forgot!!! DARN!! 👿
I sometimes wear one of those little masks for drywallers. They work well, but then I’m always moving it so I can blow of the excess. I guess it’s better then nothing.
😆 Ok, atleast I’m not missing something on the clean line thing!!
I’ve gotten most of my silver work done until next week, so I’llbe getting out the art supplies this weekend….
Thanks for those links!! Guys, I really don’t much about pastels, just sorta saw what ladyB did, and tried it. I dont use nearly so many layers tho, so that will be my next step on my next PYO. I’m gonna read that tutorial too, maybe reading some instructions would help me.
I use a natural bristled Deerfoot Stimpler, any small size I can find. I also have some other natural bristle brushes I use, sable ones, in different sizes. Once in a while I’ll grab one of my Taklon brushes I use for acrylics when I need to “push” the dust around.
When I crush mine, because they are very hard, I carefully hit the one I want, while still in the package, with a hammer. Then with my jewelers tweezer, I pull the peices out. I put them into my little closable paint pots, the kind that are all stuck together on a plastic backbone. Then, I get my favorite flat bottomed paint brush and start to crush away.
When I apply them to my PYOs, I tend to have to blow off the excess alot. This means I am not only getting the dust EVERYWHERE, but I breath it in too. How do I get around this?? Maybe by using less dust and more layers? I also have a hard time getting clean lines when I want a color seperation, any tips for that?
Anyway, for me, the pastels are alot easier then painting.
I got mine off Ebay and a little art shop in town. I have seen similar(packagin the same, colors the same, different name) at Ben Frankin Crafts, but I dunno if they are outside the states. Let me look for the place I got mine off ebay and I’ll post the link….be right back.
Yup, must be the chaulk pastels, and I grind them up into a fine dust-like powder. I use Art Pro and some other brand I got at Michaels, they were really cheap and I don;t like them at all. I really like the Art Pros tho. I am looking to get more, in different shades.
Oh Water, I so sorry you are having a rough time of it! That person at the doc office NEVER should have brought up your billing to you, that is the billing departments job!! It’s so hard to deal with them!! Maybe you can work out a billing arrangment with them, I have done that in the past. We got stuck with $1500 after my daughter was born due to “reasonalbe and customary charges”.
Rant all you want!! Happy Anniversary by the way! It doesnt matter where you two go, just that you are together!
I really like the colors you used. It looks like it took alot of skill and patience to get those clean lines!! Nice work!
Oh, by the way, we are getting the storm now here in NH….horizontal snow!
You know, you need to get that time by yourself. It may not feel like it, but it’s healthy for both you and your daughter! At first, it’s really hard to leave them, especially your first. It gets easier over time, but you never stop worrying about What ifs. Take heart, it sounds like Michelle is an ‘old hand’ at taking care of kids!! After 6 kids, there probably isn’t much she hasn’t seen! And if she stays with Daddy, even better! I can’t tell you how many times I have come home to find my hubby sleeping on the couch with our 2 kids and atleast one cat! The house is never clean, the kids always need a bath and no laundry gets done, but they all had fun together.
Let us know how it goes!!
Oh, man he was tough! He is still far from perfect, but I’m happy. He is my last PYO for a little bit. I just got in 60 grams of silver clay that is burning a hole in my work area 😆
Let me know what you think. There really isn’t any comparison between my work and people like Arlla & Water, my amatuer-ness really shines thru in this dragon!
Wow, my hat is off to all of you who are doing these dragons! I’m almost done with the one I posted ealier. I changed the coloring from dark gold to metalic white, to metalic ivory to pastel dust in green, then finally light brown. I still didn’t like it, so I took out this copper pigment I have been dying to use. Low and behold, it’s a powder! So I dusted it over most of the dragon, heavier in some areas then others. I sorta like it now, I’m still not sure. I have one more coat of sealer, then I’m gonna try antiquing with a darkened watered down iridescent copper paint from Golden. I’ll post photos when it’s all done. I just wanted to post and say how much I respect all the talent it takes to do one of these dragons. I think this is by far the hardest sculpt to do! I’ll be heading back to wolves, griffs and ki-rins, thank you very much!
