Danielle – developing two color drawing technique

I’ve mentioned before that I’m fascinated by Renaissance drawings on tinted paper with light and dark inks or chalk and charcoal.  Here are some examples by Albrecht Durer painted in white and black with a brush on tinted paper: My kids know of my interest  — for Christmas Scott and Andy gave me a variety [...]

43 x 27 inch acrylic on BFK painting (self portrait improved)

This painting in acrylics on BFK paper went through several states and many weeks before arriving at an acceptable result.  Here’s the final state of the painting: BFK is a very soft paper — because the tip of the flow-pen actually touches the surface, the paper becomes abraded (deeply abraded) as the tip repeatedly passes [...]