JosieDijamcoVergara Arts

Medium: Water Colour Size: 11" 1/2" x 14" 1/2" Fall is one of my favourite season of the year as I get to see the beauty and colour of the falling leaf. As I was walking in the Bamburgh circle where I resides, I saw these leaves and began to pick them up. I began to think what kind of art must I do, I have tried to arrange them in many series until I got the final position. Then, I saw an old wooden floor plank, where the grains are so modified and dried that I thought would look good as a resting ground for the drying leaves. Finally, a perfect combination of the drying leaves resting on an old wooden plank.

Polychromos are oil based coloured pencils from Faber Castell. I am an artist who is dependent with brushes. It was a big change doing art with just your hand strokes extended on pencil. It will take time to color backgrounds or large scale drawings. If you are an artist with extreme patience, you can try this medium. But there are positive attributes with colour pencils when it comes to detailing. Large background can be done with water colour first to minimize the effort then finish it with color pencil detailing. This coloured pencils could be blended with gamblin mineral spirit or simply baby oil by using a brush. The applied coloured pencil becomes more vivid & attractive when blended with mineral spirits. This flower reference is from a friends garden.