Happy Birthday to ME!!!  

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Happy Birthday to ME!!!
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I have been pleasantly surprised by the number of fellow Librans on my Flickr art groups :) So I shall toot my own horn and declare this my birthday with pride :)
So for my birthday, I decided to do EDM# 243: Draw a pillow
This was an exercise in patience- the patience necessary to do it in coloured pencil... the patience necessary to get over the fact that the kids messed up the model TWICE (:-o) and the patience to get over the fact I don't have access to odourless mineral spirits to help blend. And alcohol and acetone do not work. Luckily I tried those on the first drawing which was the first messed up model ;)
Now if only I was allowed to take advantage of said pillow for my birthday ;)

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11 comments

Alex  

Beautiful texture! :) I like the colors too, oh yeah... HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I got a pillow for Christmas 2 years ago, absolutely love it!

5 October 2009 17:16
jugglingpaynes  

Happy Birthday! I hope you had a chance to use that pillow, instead of just drawing it!

Are those plain colored pencils or watercolor pencils? I'm guessing regular because of the trouble you say you had with blending...

Peace and Laughter and Birthday Hugs!
Cristina

5 October 2009 18:40
vintage moon studio  

Excellent pillow drawing! Hope your birthday was a happy one ~ Deb

5 October 2009 19:29
Spinneretta  

Alex- Thank you :)
Thanks Cristina- not really, at least, not for napping :) Prismacolor Premier pencils- I'm still learning the art of blending ;)
Thanks Deb, it was a very nice day :)

5 October 2009 20:58
Dan Kent  

Happy Birthday! I agree with Alex - the texture is wonderful. :)

5 October 2009 21:46
Spinneretta  

Thanks Dan :)

5 October 2009 22:00
nanke's stuff  

Happy belated birthday to you, and your depiction of the pillow is great! Texture, folds, .... you certainly got it! nancy

6 October 2009 07:21
raena  

Happy belated birthday! Wonderful pillow!

I know that prismacolor pencils have a blending pencil. Does that work? Or do the mineral spirits do a little extra something?

6 October 2009 10:48
Spinneretta  

Thank you Nancy and Raena :)
Raena, the mineral spirits give it a paint like look- I used the blender some, but I am just beginning to learn with these :)

6 October 2009 10:53
Ann  

How did I miss you birthday?! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!
This is beautifully drawn. I happen to like the texture without blending. You can use a soft brush to blend colored pencil. I also know of an artist the has been using oil, like baby oil. I'd be careful of it staining the paper though.

7 October 2009 21:59
Spinneretta  

Thanks Ann :) It's easy to miss a day ;)

7 October 2009 22:09

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