Do you remember that art project where you used a piece of poster board and covered it pretty solidly with random-colored crayon, then covered that with black India ink, which, when dry, you scratched a design into, uncovering the color below, in the scratched design? I think everyone did this in elementary school. This was a similar process. I filled three layers with color. Yellow on the bottom, deep blue over that and black on the top. Then I used the "eraser" tool to scratch through layers to create the design.
iPad, Sketch Club app
I love the idea of nighttime scenes, but it is hard to get enough contrast to really make them work. I have recently completed two fabric pieces with "night" themes.
The Moon is a Mirror
Desert Nights
It is a theme I will continue to explore.
Next weeks theme: Purple
Love it Terry! I think you've taken off with your new medium.
ReplyDeleteLOVE both of the quilts! Desert Nights makes me think of Las Vegas.
ReplyDeleteI really like your night themes.
ReplyDeleteWe had scratchboard in jr high, but I don't remember the crayon/ink process. Doesn't mean we didn't do it, HA! Cool electronic reinterpretation!
ReplyDeletei think you have night wonderfully well in all mediums..what a good monday post..ok excellent monday post..i opened it after driving on I 95 all day and it was a most wonderful antidote to the day.
ReplyDeleteWOW! Love, Del (who hardly ever sees stars)
ReplyDeleteLove Desert Nights! Wow
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea to do the scratching back method. It really works very well.
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Nice!! Love the crayon to digital idea, Terry. I'm going to try this too!
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