Good Saturday,
Today I am sharing my latest handpainted drypoint.
This time it is my second peacock that has gotten hand colored.
Hand colored drypoint on Velin Johannot paper.Plate size 20 x 15 cm.
On this one I worked mainly with watercolor. There are a few details painted with gouache, but I chose to stick with the watercolors as much as I could. I find that I prefer the transperancy that they have compared to the more covering, opaque finish of the gouache.
On this one I also chose to add some gold. I was gifted this amazing Gansai Tambi Starry gold tones watercolors and really wanted to try them out on a print.
This is the palette. I used the champagne gold and found it had great coverage and texture.
I always have that fear that adding gold will somehow give the image a bit of a tacky vibe, but I quite like it in this image. Also, when someone else adds gold to a piece and it is done classy, I always LOVE it!
During this process I took quite a few progress photos that I wanted to share with you, so here you go!
Hope you enjoy!
I chose to color this drypoint because it was quite light. The inking was too weak so the lines didn't hold as much color and sharpness as I wanted.
Starting out by adding light layers of watercolor.
What do you think about adding gold to this piece? :)
Du you like it or does it give you the taky feel? ;)
Hope you are all having a good weekend so far!
