Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Illustration Friday: Fluid

Paper boats, graphite, watercolor & gouche on Rives BFK, 11 x 14", 2012.
This week I experimented with painting on a different type of paper. I used Rives BFK instead of my regular Arches watercolor paper. I like how I had more control over my pencilling, but the paper seemed pretty fragile compared to the heavy duty cold-press block I use. Overall, I liked it, and will have to play with it a little more; I'll definitely try using it for future projects.

 Update (2/23):
This image is now available as a mini archival print in my etsy store.

16 comments:

  1. Lovely. The paper boats bring back nice childhood memories. Great work.

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  2. Beautiful! I love the lightness and the prints of the piece.

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  3. I wanna go to the beach...

    Nice color combos!

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  4. I love to see all these paper boats ♥

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  5. Beautiful line work and color choices!

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  6. It makes me curoius - really nice!

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  7. It makes me curoius - really nice!

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  8. Lovely to see this big lady playing with those fragile boats. Very dreamy.

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  9. Sarah, thanks for stopping by and leave your comment.
    I like your style Classic-modern.
    I'll be back for sure!

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  10. Hey Sarah!
    I found you on the Etsy success team.
    Girl, you've got some talent! Love the work!

    xoxo
    Debra
    www.honestlydebra.blogspot.com

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  11. Gorgeous. I love seeing the art on the table "in situ" and the close-up version. Do you photograph or scan your final work for blog posts?

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    1. HI Helena! I used to photograph, but now I scan if I have time. My photography's pretty awful! This post is an example of why scanning is better for me: http://sarahdrawsthings.blogspot.com/2011/12/illustration-friday-separated.html yikes!

      If it's a work in progress post I always photograph, if it's a finished product I try to scan.

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  12. Beautiful image - I love the colors and the emotion it brings :)

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  13. hi sarah, nice blog. great drawings. i followed you from the etsy blog team. deborah :)

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