Comments on: Giraffe Painting Revisited

By: Mona Majorowicz

Mona Majorowicz — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:50:42 +0000

Thanks for the comments everyone. It is helpful for me and gets me to thinking about it from different perspectives.

I was able to scrape off stuff because I already had the soft blue color underneath. So when I removed the acacia, it scraped down to the blue. Had the acacia gone on first it wouldn’t have come off completely.

I have on more than one occasion put down white first as sort of a barrier, tried whatever I was wanted to try and then if it didn’t work was able to scrape it off without too much staining of the substrate board underneath. This was not always a successful method.

I like the idea of the plant life but just haven’t been able to execute it to my satisfaction. I may try again however.

BTW the acacia was in the upper right hand corner. It had been part of my plan from the beginning otherwise I might have placed my giraffe a little differently.

By: Angela Finney

Angela Finney — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:17:14 +0000

Love the giraffe’s colors and look. I can see how some foliage would add a context, yet I can also see that it may be difficult to place without becoming distracting. I have never tried scraping back to that degree. Another great title!

By: Undaunted

Undaunted — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:30:45 +0000

You can scrape off bits you don’t like?

I like this painting just as it is. Is it the way the photo is taken or does it have a soft colour in the background anyway?

By: Robert A. Sloan

Robert A. Sloan — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:57:10 +0000

This is excellent. I see what you mean, the acacia branches would make sense. Maybe you just hadn’t put them in exactly the right place in the composition the first time around — wish you had snapped a photo while they were in.

It’s a joy oil pastels are so workable though. Which ones have you used on this painting? Holbein? Sennelier? Neopastel? A combination?

Robert