Comments on: Chicory’s Horse Portrait http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/chicorys-horse-portrait Art, Animals, and the Creative Experience Sun, 20 May 2012 11:09:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Robert Sloan http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/chicorys-horse-portrait#comment-4375 Robert Sloan Tue, 12 May 2009 15:54:13 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/chicorys-horse-portrait#comment-4375 I think you were right and you should've been able to keep the vines and set up a new fence. Ten year old grapevines probably bore a lot of fruit and that would've been awesome. I think you were right and you should’ve been able to keep the vines and set up a new fence. Ten year old grapevines probably bore a lot of fruit and that would’ve been awesome.

]]> By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/chicorys-horse-portrait#comment-4332 MonaMajorowicz Mon, 11 May 2009 20:36:36 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/chicorys-horse-portrait#comment-4332 Hey <b> Carol,</b> seeing as these are wild grapes, I'm not sure what kind of wine or jelly they mioght make. Plus I'm not really the sort to do that. If I were I would have been utelizing our Mulberry trees more. I always knew when they were ripe because the geese would start pooping purple. :) When I started the Chicory painting I thought "Too bad he didn't have Catch's coloring, then it would be gorgeous." But alas chicory is red so there you go. <b>Angela</b> I am still not wetting the paper much. I have been using the Inktense pencils for my base coat only. Which I wet using a damp q-tip. If I use a brush the suede soaks up the water like a sponge and it takes forever to dry. I only grabbed a couple of the ink pencils. I choose colors that were missing from my wc pencil sets . Now I wished I had grabbed more. I am pretty sure I'll buy the complete set next time I get ready to order art supplies though. Anywho after the base color I no longer apply water. Good for you, a painting a week is a serious goal. My first event is in June and I am blissfully pretending it is not so soon. :) Hey Carol, seeing as these are wild grapes, I’m not sure what kind of wine or jelly they mioght make. Plus I’m not really the sort to do that. If I were I would have been utelizing our Mulberry trees more. I always knew when they were ripe because the geese would start pooping purple. :)

When I started the Chicory painting I thought “Too bad he didn’t have Catch’s coloring, then it would be gorgeous.” But alas chicory is red so there you go.

Angela I am still not wetting the paper much. I have been using the Inktense pencils for my base coat only. Which I wet using a damp q-tip. If I use a brush the suede soaks up the water like a sponge and it takes forever to dry. I only grabbed a couple of the ink pencils. I choose colors that were missing from my wc pencil sets . Now I wished I had grabbed more. I am pretty sure I’ll buy the complete set next time I get ready to order art supplies though.

Anywho after the base color I no longer apply water.

Good for you, a painting a week is a serious goal. My first event is in June and I am blissfully pretending it is not so soon. :)

]]> By: Angela Finney http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/chicorys-horse-portrait#comment-4318 Angela Finney Mon, 11 May 2009 11:55:42 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/chicorys-horse-portrait#comment-4318 Looking intensely colorful and very realistic. When I read your posts about working on suede the first time, I go the impression that you might not wet that paper much, are you wetting the inktense much here? I love the colors and look of this, thus far. I bought some Neocolor II to help me with large backgrounds -- I may want to try these inktense also -- I am not used to working with the water media. The color pencil society of America accepts the Newocolor II's as colored pencil, but not the inktense. I would not have expected them to feel like Prismacolors dry. Farm maintenance/work can be time consuming, the feeling of physical accomplishment feels good sometimes though. Best of luck with your fence project. I am trying to do a CP painting a week to get my art fair inventory ready by July 1 so that I can use the month of July for framing/orgainizing. Seems overwelming at times since I am such a newbie. Looking intensely colorful and very realistic. When I read your posts about working on suede the first time, I go the impression that you might not wet that paper much, are you wetting the inktense much here? I love the colors and look of this, thus far. I bought some Neocolor II to help me with large backgrounds — I may want to try these inktense also — I am not used to working with the water media. The color pencil society of America accepts the Newocolor II’s as colored pencil, but not the inktense. I would not have expected them to feel like Prismacolors dry.

Farm maintenance/work can be time consuming, the feeling of physical accomplishment feels good sometimes though. Best of luck with your fence project.

I am trying to do a CP painting a week to get my art fair inventory ready by July 1 so that I can use the month of July for framing/orgainizing. Seems overwelming at times since I am such a newbie.

]]> By: Carol http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/chicorys-horse-portrait#comment-4303 Carol Mon, 11 May 2009 02:15:26 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/chicorys-horse-portrait#comment-4303 If you take out the grapevines, you won't be able to make wine or jelly! Loving the Chicory progress...and wishing I could afford a life-sized photo of my two! If you take out the grapevines, you won’t be able to make wine or jelly!

Loving the Chicory progress…and wishing I could afford a life-sized photo of my two!

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