Fishy Tale

I recently participated in an art show sponsored by the art alliance of which I am a member. 15% of all proceeds were to go to MD [muscular dystrophy] and I'm seriously hoping that they aren't depending on me to prosper. 15% of my sales was 75 cents. Hardly any traffic through and my ego is somewhat comforted that no one did very well. Oh, well. At least I had time to work on this little colored pencil fish. I saw a tutorial online like this and I thought it would be fun. It's on Canson drawing paper. It seems to work better for me to apply lighter layers of color and then blend with either a colorless blender or thinner. I've been using something called "Extra Mild Citrus Thinner #115" from Eco House. An artist friend told me that she wasn't able to find this at our local Hobby Lobby [where I purchased mine], but they do have a web site: http://www.eco-house.com/

Anyway, my suggestions are:

1. Apply light layers of colored pencil

2. Blend with the thinner.

3. Use a colorless blender pencil to go back and blend areas with more detail or that you want to be smoother.

Since this is a "decorative" piece" I went back and outlined with a black pen. I have found that after using the thinner, the pencils slide like butter over the paper. [If you're into butter :)]

Well, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it. :)