I thought I would make a post about the materials I use within my work and why.
DRAWINGS: I use coloured pencils on A4 paper. The coloured pencils I use are by Faber Castell as they blend well together and I can get a wide range of colours with them, they are quite expensive but I feel that is worth the price as they are very good pencils and I can create good drawings from them. The paper is normal paper from a sketch book, I use sketching paper because of how the coloured pencils appear on the paper. With my final drawing I plan to use a good quality A2 cartridge paper as with the content I want to add I feel that A4 would be too small, you wouldn’t be able to see all the elements which I don’t want to happen
PAINTINGS: I use canvas and acrylic paint when I create my paintings. The canvas I use is raw canvas, that means it hasn’t been primed and the paint soaks into it more. You have to use a bit more paint when painting but I like the way it looks once the painting is done, I feel that it gives it a more natural look and as I am working with nature it’s what I want. I use acrylic paint because of the type of canvas I use, but also because I prefer working with it. I’m not much of a fan of watercolour, I do like what watercolour paint can create but I can’t get my head around it and create something as beautiful as some people. I have never used oil paint before and I don’t know how to use it so I thought it would be best not to try in case it didn’t work out the way I would want it to. I mainly use Reeves acrylic paint as it is cheaper but it still gives the same outcome as the more expensive paints.
