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Published: 2016-01-02 20:26:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 2385; Favourites: 102; Downloads: 2
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I love elephants. In my mind they are old souls, with tales to tell and wisdom to share. Plus their wrinkly faces are super fun to illustrate.I've always loved working with paper dyed with tea, it creates amazing colours, textures and patterns. This time I dyed an 11x14 sheet of bristol and adhered it to a 1/4" thick piece of masonite, and it feels so much better than plain paper. Adhering it to the masonite gives it more weight, not to mention prevents the paper from wrinkling.
Once my paper was fixed to the board, I went to town with various ink pens and then used brown watercolours to add some depth.
I'm super thrilled with the result, I can't wait to do more. I'm hoping to create a little series of animals on tea-dyed paper.
Enjoy!
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The textures are superb! I really love the sketchiness and line work in the trunk.
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Thanks! Creating all of those lines was quite therapeutic
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This is great. The detail you paid to the skin is wonderful. How long did it take you?
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Thank you!
I wasn't keeping track of the time, but I would say around 6 hours? I worked on it while watching movies and such so it was a more relaxed piece
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Thanks! I'm pretty happy with it, I love working with tea-dyed paper
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I agree with your subscription of elephants, the detail is stunning, with real depth. Lovely work.
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