Someone left me a perfectly nice outline of an elephant in my Round 3 Moleskine, I assume as a collaboration, but I messed it up BIG TIME. I'd never used oil pastels to speak of, so this was my first attempt, and I didn't really know what I was doing.
First try:
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Pigephant (the grub) |
My husband said it looked like a grub. I was calling it a pigephant. I decided the back legs were too far back. I kept fiddling with it and finally had this:
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King Tut-tut |
I decided his trunk was too short. (?) I made it longer. I moved the tusks (but couldn't quite hide where the old one was. I also moved the eye.
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King Pink |
So here is the maybe final version, in my round 3 book, a collaboration. It may still need more work. Can anyone tell me how to preserve it when I finish? Can I spray it with fixative? Will fixative stick? Do oil pastels ruin the paper? I didn't put it on the scanner for fear the messy stuff would ruin the scanner.
I am sorry to say I haven't had a chance, with the wedding et al, to post about my returned round 3 Moley. Sometime relatively soon, I hope.
4 comments:
All the images are wonderfully unique Mary, filled with character. I like them all!
Thanks, John, for your wonderfully positive attitude! YAY!! :-D
I like how he gets happier with each draft.
LOL! I'd like to get happier with each draft too.
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