I decided to try a new technique today when using my oil pastels and watercolours to draw Christmas baubles, it involved a paperclip!
Firstly, I wanted to create the effect of shiny coloured glass. I built up lighter sections of oil pastels to suggest the reflections of light in the glass.
I had built up layers of colour with the oil pastels and watercolours but then I wanted to add a delicate pattern. I thought it would be interesting to use a bent paperclip to scrape through the layers of oil pastel to carve in my design.
Next I added several layers of dark watercolours over this, allowing the colour to soak into the gaps that I had created using the paperclip. I like how this new technique turned out and I think it's something I'll do again with future work.
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