Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tornado Sirens call me back to the Watercolors
Some of you know, some don't: I'm working on an official poster for the Tornado Sirens. Commissioned piece for the Naptown Roller Girls' January bout, the first of the 3rd season. The style of the piece is Art Nouvea meets Pin-up girl. No joke. Rocking it out in watercolors on frankensteined Rives BFK... Josh and I are experimenting with turning printmaking paper into watercolor paper... wetting down the raggy printmaking BFK taped down to board, drying, then coating it with a PVA sizing agent. It then dries stiff, almost like rough plastic. Sanded down, it makes a wicked watercolor board. No bleeding, good saturation, hardly any warp when really wet, takes pencil, takes eraser... Altogether a pleasure to work on. Now I've got a cream color base without a messy wash. I know you wanna see the piece, but I'm keeping any images secret till it's done, which should be late tomorrow. Here's a pic of me working on it:
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