Remember my little dog cartoon for the Stars on Canvas project? Well, it turns out I do, after all, have the option to colour the canvas myself. I don't own any acrylics, but thought the textured surface might work with pastels, so I gave it a go.
Things quickly got very messy, so I decided to fix what I'd done so far and gave it a good old spray. BUT...
...it turns out that permanent marker pen is not so permanent after all, and it especially doesn't like fixative, which acts as a solvent. The black bled copiously into the picture before my eyes.
Aaaarghhhhhhh!!!!!!
Things quickly got very messy, so I decided to fix what I'd done so far and gave it a good old spray. BUT......it turns out that permanent marker pen is not so permanent after all, and it especially doesn't like fixative, which acts as a solvent. The black bled copiously into the picture before my eyes.
Aaaarghhhhhhh!!!!!!
In a panic I ran to the sink and bunged the whole thing under the tap, which of course didn't touch the black (now quite happy to be water-resistant, thank you very much) but instead washed off a good proportion of the pastel. Grrrrrrrrr...
If it was just the image, I might just be able to do something to make a feature of the effect, maybe, but the signature (important for the auction) is beyond redemption.
So, now I'd better buy a new canvas to replace the foul and useless mess I've created, and start afresh.
The canvas is still good, Just gesso over it and it will be good as new.
ReplyDeleteThanks, but there's a slight problem: because I am not a painter, I don't have gesso, so might as well buy a new canvas as buy gesso!
ReplyDeleteI considered getting some white emulsion out of the cellar, but I suspect the pen would come through.
Hi Lynne,I adore the two characters.. the donkey is very beautiful.. I adore their paws trying to hide the face.. and the bass dog is also very funny... ahh!.. accidents with almost permanent pens... that also happened already me... of the such a big rageeeee.
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yasmin
Although I realize you probably have your new canvas - I have one more suggestion for re-using the first one. You could recover it with paper, and if you use toothy paper it would take the pastels. I often cover canvases with different papers to create layers of texture and then paint on that.
ReplyDeleteInteresting thought which I might try if my own new cunning plan backfires... watch this space!
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