I needed a canvas pad, and yesterday it was the day that I made my way to the art store. I chose a canvas pad that was affordable and would give me the chance to experiment with a different surface material. For the time being, I seldom use canvases in frames, though one canvas, the details of which I have been working the last week, is almost ready, in a next post. At the art store there was also a packet of water soluble oil pastels in an offer, so I decided to buy this as well.
Actually, what I was intenting to buy was a pad for mixed media and acrylics, and I chose to try this one, which was in a very good price and seemed to be also of a very good quality.
I returned home and unpackaged the canvas pad and there there was, a big surprise, as, rather than a blank canvas, there were classical paintings printed in a thicker than a magazine paper, bound next to a canvas surface of a very good quality, that was guidingly shadowed to the basic scketch of the classical artwork.
I have never experienced such an art excersise before, so I guess I wasn't that much of disappointed. Actually, at this one, which is the first page of this art book, I started a layer with the oil pastels to be complemented and enhanced with acrylic colours.
I also sketched out a quick scenery for the water soluble paints, to experiment with their potentials and their combining with acrylics. I find them to be a wonderful material to use for mixed media, and a great way to have fun while practicing art.
I am happy with what was bought at this art store exploration.
Enjoy!
With love,
