Polychrome Crayon Drawing & Colouring-In

Last evening I had my second Zoom art class, learning blending and layering with polychromic crayons. We had an image by Lorenzo Mattotti to copy.

Bottom left is my image from last night and this morning, about 6 hours of drawing and colouring in (3 in the sunshine in the garden!). I Whatsapped it to the teacher, who recognised I'd used smooth card, not cartridge paper, as she'd suggested. So I got some printer paper from His study and the one in the right was done and dusted in 2.5 hours, with my own changes and embellishments.

Mattotti's work is wierd, but will certainly appeal to some Artsy Gang members.

https://www.mattotti.com/

Sunburnt colouring-inner Jackie

Next week Indian Ink!!

[🖌ArtsyGang]

@wakelys @monikozi @grammyn @jacqbb @salza @summerfield @theredcamera @serendypyty @casablanca

[Casablanca]

Bonkers but fun. I like your pastel versions better than the original actually!

[🖌ArtsyGang]

@casablanca thank you Casa, I've no idea how he gets that bold black and purple?!

[Joan Robillard]

Neat

[Suzanne]

I like the collage of your drawings and the narrative.

[katy]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Excellent! Both paintings magnificent. I love how you put your own twist on the second but still reproduced his work.

[Kathy A]

Yours are great, better than the original I think

[Kathy]

I like the one on the bottom left best because of the flower shape and length. I like that it appears the man is blowing up a balloon that turns out to be flower-like.

[summerfield]

i like the left painting because it has more depth and the shape of the man is more believable. and like kathy, the flower shape of the balloon. aces!

[Sally Ings]

I don't outright prefer either one. Both have aspects that I really like @30pics4jackiesdiamond

[moni kozi]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Woooow!!!! I should try this. I am so fascinated and scared by coured pencils, and i mean by layering.
What does polychrome crayons mean? Coloured pencils? Pastels? Oil pastels?
I think you did very well in both. The reproduction is quite goid. But I definitely love the one on the right - your version.

[JackieR]

@monikozi they are oil based ( van Gogh liked them!) and very smooth https://www.faber-castell.co.uk/products/art-and-graphic/polychromos

@salza thank you Sally

@summerfield I couldn't stop the flower looking so phallic, more I corrected, more it looked 'wrong'n

@randystreat it's a trumpet I believe, also mord time spent on it!! Thank you

@kjarn I don't think so, but thank you

@grammyn his stuff is most fantasy weird

@ankers70 thank you Suzanne

@joansmor I stayed within the lines too

[Kathy A]

Well I prefer them especially the one on the left

[moni kozi]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Oooohhh... theeese... i've heard about them. Only good stuff. Thanks!

[JackieR]

@kjarn thank you kaghy, I'm loving my Zoom art course, brilliant teacher and being introduced to styles I didn't know existed!!

@monikozi I'd never heard of them, but popped into the hobby shop and they were in stock, so splurged out!! The course is free - so why not?!!! So much nicer to use than children's colouring pencils. And more transportable than paints

[Susan Wakely]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond I love the quirky style and colours.

[JackieR]

@wakelys knew you would!