Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Blossom rerun by Helen Read

Blossom,  8x8" colored pencil on clayboard
(Clayboard is masonite with a very smooth kaolin clay finish on which to work)
©2011, Helen Read
Ready to frame 
$120.00
(Please add $13.00 shipping in US, international shipping- additional, IL residents please add 8.25% sales tax)


Looking back a year to see what was happening in my studio is always an interesting exercise. 
One of my works was experimenting with clayboard and how it accepted colored pencil, graphite, or paint.  Here I have used prismacolor pencils and gotten a very nice effect. 
The reference picture is one I took just after the rain!  The foliage and the flower still held the water droplets.  All very intriguing and quite beautiful.  


Helen Read - The Studio Upstairs
Wheaton, IL

Please visit my blog: Brushstrokes, etc. 
or 
Visit my website 

No comments: