OM. And pretties.
Mar. 14th, 2008 01:36 amI have pro-quality markers! There was an occasion to visit the local(ish) art supply shop, and they had a special on markers, and I'd been getting back into AUMs, and I sort of wanted at the markers for a while before deciding to go ahead and get some - basic, clear, bright primaries/secondaries and a black - because markers are in fact what I enjoy doing most, when it comes to the more traditional (read: non-digital) methods of arting. Hey, the first set of AUMs were done with a pen and highlighters.
Anyway, the Copics were over my head, so I made do with Prismacolor. Which is not poor quality, I just have a thing about Copic markers that I probably picked up from Kaze at some point. And after a week or so (yes, I've kept this to myself, however briefly, mostly due to the computer stuff that happened at the same time), I went back and got more in some variation on colors. Things like a more yellowy green (the first one I got was a little too heavy on the blue for proper leafy shading) and cream and "brick white" which is excellent for shading and a proper teal and ultramarine-blue. And a maroon, because I like maroon, and purple is hard to get right as it is.
And I decided to take a break from these canvas-card things I've been working with, that have texture with a vengeance and teeth and don't absorb the ink immediately so it's almost like oils in application and the results are more like watercolor, and return to paper. Glorious, glorious paper.
( Darcy is happy )
It's been a nice distraction from the LJnewspolicythingie and how tired that makes me feel.
Anyway, the Copics were over my head, so I made do with Prismacolor. Which is not poor quality, I just have a thing about Copic markers that I probably picked up from Kaze at some point. And after a week or so (yes, I've kept this to myself, however briefly, mostly due to the computer stuff that happened at the same time), I went back and got more in some variation on colors. Things like a more yellowy green (the first one I got was a little too heavy on the blue for proper leafy shading) and cream and "brick white" which is excellent for shading and a proper teal and ultramarine-blue. And a maroon, because I like maroon, and purple is hard to get right as it is.
And I decided to take a break from these canvas-card things I've been working with, that have texture with a vengeance and teeth and don't absorb the ink immediately so it's almost like oils in application and the results are more like watercolor, and return to paper. Glorious, glorious paper.
( Darcy is happy )
It's been a nice distraction from the LJnewspolicythingie and how tired that makes me feel.