Project exploring coloured media

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Which media did you find the most expressive


notes on coloured media used

Soft pastel

This I found surprising as I have never used this before the different textures and blending was interesting  I shall experiment more

Coloured pencils

I found some interesting results with these I used three different makes to see if there was a difference (Faber-Castell- Dewent and Boldmore) My experience has been limited in the passed as I have usually only used pencil when drawing.  These again prove to be an interesting exercise

 Oil Pastels

I have never been interested in using these before as I suppose I did not know the best way to use them So again I found the results good  I think maybe handy when doing landscapes etc. rather than details work

Maker pen

These I have never considered using before in art so quite enjoy the experience again I think would be useful in background work etc

 Coloured Chalk

This was fun  though I did think it might be a little messy it proved to be not as bad a charcoal I agree you may be able to make some detail work with these.

Coloured ink

Here I use a variety of nibs on this exercise including various sized bamboo pens I think these are ideal for more detailed work and enjoyed using them almost as much as pencils!

My last experiment was using academy watercolours pencils in different ways

Wet on dry - Lifting the colour off the pencil with a wet paint brush this gives soft colours  and some details

Paper palette - drawn solid blocks on separate paper then lifted off with wet brush this was similar to the wet on dray but give more of a softer colouring (clouds etc maybe)?  

Finally  Dry on wet   wet paper the drawn with dry pencil this gives a more defined mark and quite interesting in hatching and blocking

I my opinion I think that the coloured ink lends itself more to detailed work also the drawing pencil.