Faery wip

Posted Feb 16, 2007, 2:44:17 AM UTC

Working on this. The main thing I wanna know is if there's something you can use to erase oil pastels(?). There's that splotchy part around her mouth, so I'd like to get rid of it, or work it into the background.

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eegirlee
Mar 14, 2007, 4:35:31 AM UTC | Total Edits: 1 | Last edited on Mar 15, 2007 by eegirlee
I love the color, especially the face. The best part is that you didn't blend into oblivion (like most people do with any type of pastels) but instead let the color shine through in layers.
The most striking part of this picture is her hair, which makes me think "whohoo, curly thing!" then draws me into looking at it closer. But the wispy hairs look stiff if you look them a while longer, like they're being held back instead of flowing, and it looks flat. It's the contrasting flat/curly that does it.
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Lilimayhem
Feb 16, 2007, 12:43:51 PM UTC | Total Edits: 1 | Last edited on Feb 16, 2007 by Lilimayhem
wow, this is truly amazing. I love the work you did here! I look it up about erasing oil pastel...but I have my doubt about erasing. I think you'll have to cover it up. I'll be back... Ok...I went to wikipedia, you can try a solvent like turpentine to erase it.
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- KazeToMizu
  Feb 17, 2007, 1:12:38 PM UTC
  I tried turpentine but it made the paper icky. I can just scrape it off to the best of my ability. I'm glad you like it.
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  Lilimayhem
  Feb 17, 2007, 8:02:48 PM UTC
  Like it? No, love it! Darn, did you tried the turpentine after I mentioned it? I hope I didn't ruin anything? I did forgot to check if it might be hazardous to the paper...well lesson learned in any case.
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  KazeToMizu
  Feb 18, 2007, 9:58:11 AM UTC
  Haha, love it, even better. No, I tried the turpentine on a separate spot, it didn't stain the picture.
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bloodysmurf
Feb 15, 2007, 6:47:32 PM UTC
Love it. The color is really nice. Very pretty.

In my art class, we are doing a project with oil pastels. Ill ask her about erasing products or tips and get back to you on that, if Im not too late

Im looking forward to the final product of this. ^_^
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- KazeToMizu
  Feb 15, 2007, 6:49:52 PM UTC
  Thank you. Hopefully it'll be done soon, the background will be pretty simple.
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  bloodysmurf
  Feb 16, 2007, 1:16:10 PM UTC
  Thats a good idea. I think everything should be focussed on the girl.
  
  I asked my art teacher about the erase oil pastel thing..she said that the only thing she could thing of was scraping away the layers till you reach the paper..then reapplying it how you want.
  
  Sorry, not so much help
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  KazeToMizu
  Feb 17, 2007, 1:11:31 PM UTC
  Yeah, that's what I did anyway. I tried using turpentine but it leaves grease marks on the paper.
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