{"id":5314,"date":"2017-06-04T09:46:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T13:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.datcha.ca\/la_datcha\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2017-06-04T11:38:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T15:38:31","slug":"another-variation-on-a-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.datcha.ca\/la_datcha\/2017\/06\/04\/another-variation-on-a-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Another variation on a bird"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a bigger format on canvas, based on a drawing made for Hello Every Sunday, week 7.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAcrylic, pencil and pastel on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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