Stained glass with coloured pencils

I used an alcoholbased marker for the thick lines; the rest of the painting was done again with coloured pencils and odorless mineral spirit.

 

The Power of Colours

In my opinion there's a lot of energy in this painting. Somehow it looks like I am in favor of the combination of blue and orange-reddisch hues. Now, red is the colour of fire, of the sun, of heat, of lava running down the mountains. It can be agressive as well. Blue is the colour of the water, running down with endless energy. In middle age paintings a certain kind of blue was reserved to the cloak of Maria, the "regina coelis" or the Queen of the heavens, so for someone also very powerful. 

Well, I didn't sit down and plan this colour combination before I began to paint with my coloured pencils. It happened during the painting process. Maybe I felt a bit powerful because I was able to solve some private problems? Sounds very strange, I know...

 

In the Jungle

This is the third painting in a series of abstract paintings done with coloured pencils and odorless mineral spirit. Here I almost used all of my Greens. I am still learning to apply the pencils strokes very slowly and in a few layers, which means I am still learning to be patient. Not very easy for me, but I am making progress!

 

Coloured Pencils - a steep learning curve

Painting with coloured pencils needs a lot of patience. And when I say "a lot" I mean a lot. Unfortunately I am not a very patient person, at least regarding my art activities. I love to throw paint around. But on the other hand I somehow love painting with coloured pencils and so I decided to sit down and learn being patient. I decided to learn to apply those tiny little strokes on the paper till the paper can't be seen anymore. I decided to learn to focus on the spot I am actually working on. And this activity somehow appears to have a zen-like character - which I begin to find pleasing...

 

Abstract painting with Coloured Pencils

I love to paint abstract paintings. I have been using acrylic markers, alcoholbased markers, Neocolor 2 watersoluble wax crayons. Would it be possible to paint abstract with coloured pencils? Most of the coloured pencil artists I know on YouTube are doing realistic, often photorealistic art with their pencils. Photorealistic art however doesn't interest me. I prefer a photo to photorealistic art. Of course that is my totally subjective opinion. And I have to admit, that photorealistic coloured pencil artists can do wonders with their medium.

I like to brush mediums against the grain - and so I sat down and did this abstract painting. I used some odorless mineral spirit to blend the coIours, using q-tips. I am quite pleased with it, I must say. The only thing I have to get used to is the amount of time one has to put into the process...

 

Merboy

There are many artists who use watercolour for the base layer of their colored pencil pieces. So I thought why not replace watercolour with Neocolor 2 (the liquid version)? 

 

Going abstract again with Neocolor II

It is fun to smoosh paint with those Neocolor II crayons. Dipping their tips into the water creates such a vivid opaque effect. Of course it almost melts the crayons down. Some of my crayons are already halfway down; fortunately I can get the single crayons here in my favorite art shops in Berlin.