HES, weeks 46 to 48
Experimentation with collage, quaint creatures and their environment.
And the underwater version…
Mixed media on paper
Ceramics : May, June and July
In May, June and July, I spent most of my (free) time decorating plates and bowls. I finally got the results I was looking for these past years and felt so happy that I gathered what was left of my bisque pieces and used them as canvases.
I found out that in some pieces, the tiny scratches and maker’s marks catch on the paint, give depth and render a really nice texture.
I’m quite fond of the white rabbit on this gritty red clay; soft and warm.
And an unusual addition in this painting: cacti!
Hello Every Sunday, week 45: Process
For this week’s HES, I decided that I needed color, texture and a small party of creatures…
Step 1 : create the textures. In this case, I used acrylic, pastel and ink on thick watercolor paper.
Step 2: draw and cut the creatures
Step 3: add the details and shadows
Step 4: have fun moving things around!
Ceramics : April
I had quite the love affair with this floating gazelle. She first appeared in one of the drawings for Hello Every Sunday, I then tried to render it as a painting, transformed it into a limited edition print, and finally, illustrated on a plate. I was ready to move on after this.
This is the plate before the final firing. The underglaze has a velvety texture, similar to gouache, but since the kiln is fired at 1226 °C, it melts and gets vitrified, along with the clay.
This is what it looks like after the final firing.
I love how the tiny scratches catch the paint and gives more depth.
And I spent an afternoon with my niece at the Café Céramic, where you can buy bisques (pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed) and use their underglazes to decorate them. They even fire it for you!
Hello Every Sunday – three first weeks of October
As mentioned yesterday, Priya and I resumed our project Hello Every Sunday, where we have to draw on a daily basis. Here are a few drawings from the first three weeks of October. To view the full project, visit our HES blog!
A whale and a mushroom morphing into a fish
Simple bowls: (clay 505 with white slip, transparent glaze)
Whale bowl: clay 910 with sgraffito on dark brown slip, transparent glaze
Mushroom bowls: clay 542, sgraffito on white slip, transparent glaze
Belu conveniently giving a sense of scale for the bowls…
Hello Every Sunday, week 34 (one of the drawings): pastel and graphite on paper
It’s been a while…
I haven’t posted in a while, not for a lack of new material to show, but I can get very lazy when comes the time to put things together on a page and write down some words. However, I’ve been busy working, drawing, throwing on the wheel. ;-)
Here are a few pieces created in the last two months.
For Hello Every Sunday: In the Dark
Pastel on paper
Three colored bowls
Teal and Avocado glazes on semi-porcelain (#910)
For Hello Every Sunday: The Gourmet Rodent
Graphite and pastel on paper
Rabbit bowl, Octopus tumbler and Ostrich plate
Sgraffito (dark brown clay #540 covered with white slip) and underglaze on semi-porcelain (#910)
For Hello Every Sunday: Fox in the Mist
Graphite on paper
Three bowls
Transparent glaze on marbled clay (#910 and #542)
For Hello Every Sunday: Transparent
Graphite on paper
There are many more! You can have a look at the Hello Every Sunday blog that I share with Priya, My Flickr account, Instagram or Facebook.
HES, week 23: Red
Pastel pen and graphite on paper
More at https://helloeverysunday.tumblr.com/.
Another variation on a bird
This is a bigger format on canvas, based on a drawing made for Hello Every Sunday, week 7.
Acrylic, pencil and pastel on canvas
It was a test before making an even bigger version on canvas. I wasn’t sure how the technique I use on paper would turn out on canvas.
Since working in small formats, mostly due to a lack of space, I’ve been using acrylic a bit like watercolor, and pencil to create most of the shadows. I like to smudge it to create texture and blurry areas.
This canvas is lot rougher than paper and the pencil didn’t hold well. I had to work with acrylic for the dark sections and shadows, which rendered a cleaner look (I prefer it a bit “dirtier”). I also found out that diluted acrylic is in part repelled on the type of gesso that was applied on this support and I had to paint the surface two or three times before I got where I wanted.
Hello Every Sunday, Weeks 21 & 22
Seems like it’s been a while since I’ve published, so here’s a recap of the past weeks!
Pencil on paper
HES, week 21: What lives deep under the sea
Pencil on paper
HES, week 22: Variations on a bird
There’s more for each week at https://helloeverysunday.tumblr.com.
In good company while I draw ;-).
Have a good week!
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