I grow African Paddle Plants because they are gorgeous and do not require a great deal of attention from me other than my devoted admiration of their beauty. This one flowered in an amazing profusion of blooms!
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| Kalanchoe thyrsiflora flowers |
I prepared cold pressed watercolor paper with 3 different grounds: one has a layer of white casein paint [far right]; one a coat of white casein paint with Daniel Smith copper watercolor powder mixed in [lower left]; and one is white casein paint tinted with pale green egg tempera paint [top left].
Once dry, I created the images entirely in silverpoint. The image on the right received a coat of pale green egg tempera over the silverpoint work. I couldn't resist adding a hint of the maroon edges on some of the paddles.
It was fun to pull the image out of toned paper - adding darks with silverpoint; mid-tones are untouched paper; and lights are enhanced with white egg tempera paint + touches of white charcoal pencil. All 3 images are matted together as one finished piece.
[Obviously this is a home-made scan so the image got cropped all around. I resized the canvas to give you a better idea of the actual border - someday I'll learn Photoshop :-) Replaced the image today with a pro scan. The silver has tarnished - as it should - so the overall value range extends into the darks.
Happy New Year, Kathie. Lovely drawings. Did you add the egg tempera only to some areas of the drawing? Did the silverpoint stay put when you added the egg tempera wash?
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