Just received this notification from Zazzle and thought I would pass it on, if you have ever been tempted by by any of my paintings this could be your opportunity
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Check out my canvasses on my zazzle shop
I do have many other paintings on other stores which you can find easily from my profile page on Zazzle, using the above link as a first stop.
Even if you are not in the market for a stretched canvas print, there are many products (posters, cards, postcards, mugs, etc) which are all excellent quality. But you are allowed to just browse ...
A diary of my new paintings, with some notes on technique and reasons behind the images
Showing posts with label zazzle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zazzle. Show all posts
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
More Zazzle products with the same pastel painting - Moonlight
I posted my new painting in the last post, called "moonlight" and showed it on a stretched canvas available from Zazzle. I have now put it on a few more products of which here is a small sample.
I would usually not include so many examples of products but I am very pleased with this painting and have started designing many products using the image. You can of course see a much larger image of this painting on my flickr account.
Although it is typical of the way I use pastels to create texture in the painting, in the large image you can actually see the texture as the fixing agent has dried and shrunk if you look carefully. Almost like a crackle paint finish. This in itself is not typical and I put it down to the paticular ground I have used for this painting. I am not careful about the board that I use, often using any old card that happens my way. Sometimes these can be around for a very long time and I forget where they come from. Maybe this is not a good approach?
I would usually not include so many examples of products but I am very pleased with this painting and have started designing many products using the image. You can of course see a much larger image of this painting on my flickr account.
Although it is typical of the way I use pastels to create texture in the painting, in the large image you can actually see the texture as the fixing agent has dried and shrunk if you look carefully. Almost like a crackle paint finish. This in itself is not typical and I put it down to the paticular ground I have used for this painting. I am not careful about the board that I use, often using any old card that happens my way. Sometimes these can be around for a very long time and I forget where they come from. Maybe this is not a good approach?
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Texture in pastel paintings
I am writing an article on the way that I achieve texture in my pastel paintings. I have posted many of them here on my blog but do not often include images of work in progress. In the article there are at least two with more than four stages included and some with two stages. It should be available in the next few days on Squidoo. I will include a link to this as soon as it is complete. In fact it will be here but will not be available until it is published.
I work in layers so that I can work the colours of the layers against each other as I build up the painting. It is a process I found for myself whilst learning how to use pastels but it is probably not new or unique but does give excellent results. As I worked it out for myself I like to think of it as "mine" but don't bite my head off.
I work in layers so that I can work the colours of the layers against each other as I build up the painting. It is a process I found for myself whilst learning how to use pastels but it is probably not new or unique but does give excellent results. As I worked it out for myself I like to think of it as "mine" but don't bite my head off.
My work space at the art group
set up for pastel work
note the pastel sticks, I always work with a limited palette
This shows the work after two layers of pastel, note the texture
After red and purple and black colours added, the start of the detail layers
At this point all layers are fixed
The moon is painted
The sillouette of the tree is painted (these last details are not fixed)
You will be able to read fuller details in the article on Squidoo, I hope you will find it interesting.
This painting is now available on Zazzle as a canvas print and will soon be available on posters and other products.
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