Saturday, August 29, 2009

Color away

Turtle Pond
Neocolor II and colored pencil
7 x 10 inches on Arches HP
©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

Still playing with water soluble crayons and colored pencil. It's become almost an obsession. I really have a lot of other projects I'm wanting to do but they are all in a holding pattern while I color away with these crayons.

This is a view of the Turtle Pond in Buxton, NC, near where the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse used to be, before they moved it. I was more selective with the layer of dry colored pencil on this one, allowing more of the watercolor crayon to remain. I may go back into it some more with colored pencil. Or not. Things are stacking up on my drawing board.

11 comments:

  1. Lovely, Ann. I love that sky and the grasses are elegant!

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  2. There are so many different colors combined to create the impression of just one color. It is a beautiful effect and a lovely piece. You really capture the mood of a place in your landscapes.

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  3. This is very good. A lot of different colors, very well done.

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  4. Obviously, a medium I need to explore more. Beautiful emoting with whole colors and expressing a feeling of serenity.

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  5. Beautiful work! It looks so peaceful.

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  6. Nice experiments. Nice place. Quite a wonderful obsession!

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  7. I'm always amazed at what you are able to "make" CP do...it has never felt "natural" to me, but every time I see one of your color pencil renditions it always makes me want to try them out again!

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  8. beatiul, you eel the waer moving along...

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  9. Your water colors are so beautiful. You have really captured the peace and tranquility of the scenery.

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  10. LOVELY! I too know how you feel about putting other projects on hold while we deal with the obsession!

    Don't seek counceling- just keep creatin!

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