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I was sharpening a woodless pencil and was dismayed at all that wonderful graphite just going to waste. I thought, "I could smudge it all over some paper and it would be like doing shading before the tangling." So I did.
I took out two white tiles and sprinkled the shavings on one, placed the other upside down on top of it, and rubbed them together. Ta-da! Well, uh, no. They looked really messy and too dark and I almost threw them out, but I thought, "No mistakes, just opportunities. See what happens." So I did.
The smudges offer their own unique sort of 'string', suggesting areas and shapes. On one tile I saw several large ovals, and Festune came to mind so I started with that. When I'd finished the ink drawing, I added a bit more shading in some places.
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| Tangles: Black Pearlz, Dandelion Seeds, Drobbles, Festune |
The other one seemed to have two large disks. Again, when done all the ink drawing, I added more shading, especially under the smaller disk.
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| Tangles: Beadlines, Black Pearlz, Daggerly, Drupe, Pearlz, Perfs |
I wanted to try more, and on tan, and this time I took a picture of the smudged tiles. They look quite uninspiring, like they fell in the mud or something.
But here they are with tangles!
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| Tangles: Blake, Blooming Butter, Frosty, and elements of Drupe |
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| Tangles: Circfleur, Pearlz, Tipple |
It's kind of a fun, different way to create sections on your paper, but I don't think I'll be doing much more of this. I need another way to use those wonderful graphite shavings.
Very clever, Margaret! No only did you do the shading first, but it gave you a string too!
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely Margaret. Graphite shavings are lovely to use. I have used them in other styles of drawing and you can also make it really shiney when rubbed over acrylics. Great fun and really messy!
ReplyDeleteOoo I'll have to try that on acrylic, Val. I love shiny things! (Not so big on messy.)
DeleteHey, Margaret...I find it interesting that I have finally found someone who thinks like I do. I use lead holders instead of a pencil for a lot of my drawings and am constantly sharpening and my sharpener has a clear see-through reservoir attached. I just take a card or paper and dump a little out on it and then roll my stomp around in it to "load it up" with all those shavings and then I have shading already on my stomp instead of applying with a pencil on the drawing and then using the stomp...saves me a step actually. Now I see your idea of applying shading first, yes, that does look very interesting, indeed. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the idea Duane. I'll have to find a little container it keep the graphite shavings in. I like using a stomp that already has gray on it, so this might work quite well!
DeleteMargaret, I just went looking at where I bought my lead holders from. I used a Japanese company caled Jet Pens, but it looks like they are now with Amazon at: ww.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Doffice-products&field-keywords=lead+holders&rh=n%3A1064954%2Ck%3Alead+holders It is called the Kitaboshi lead holder sharpener set which has the sharpener/graphite clear plastic container I was talking about. It sells for USD 11.04. There is a lead holder with it that looks like a wooden pencil but it is not wooden (plastic). I like it very much, inexpensive and easy to use.
ReplyDeleteThanks Duane. I've ordered from JetPens before, but can't remember what I bought. I do have a couple of pencil sharpeners with containers so I think I'll use one of those, at least for now.
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