2.5 x 3.5
Polychromo Walnut Brown on PAPER
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I bought some Rives BFK print paper last time I was at the store, and thought I'd better try it!
This is a HUGE departure from my usual illustration board. HUGE I tell you.
I've always loved illustration board for its durablility (doesn't crease easily, its more sturdy) and versatility (you can use all kinds of media on it).
But you can't see through it. That's a major drawback. It makes it really hard to transfer finished drawings, especially for colored pencil work (if you do the usual "lay the drawing down on top and trace over it to transfer it" it leaves a groove in the board, no matter how light a pressure you use, and that's not a good thing for pencil work.)
What I've been doing with the board is this labor-intensive "scan the drawing, clean it up in Photoshop, then print it out really really really really light onto the board with my Epson 2200 printer".
Well, that works, but its kind of a drag. And the printer only goes 13" wide, so if your board is wider than that, then what do you do? You can see the problem. (Except for all of these little pieces ~ I just draw them freehand directly onto the board. I'm talking about more involved illustrations.)
So this paper works with a lightbox. YAY!
And I like the paper. Not as well as the board, but its OK. It doesn't take many layers of pencil. I think it will be good for this monochromatic kind of work where I don't have to do too many layers anyway. But I think for really heavy handed many-colored and layered kinds of work, it wouldn't hold up.
The paper is soft and lovely, but that's the problem. The tooth squishes down too fast (if you do colored pencil you know what I mean by that.)
The other interesting thing is that the Walnut Brown color looks different than it does on illustration board.
Do you see the difference? It looks softer on the paper, and it also doesn't go quite as dark.
I used cream colored paper ~ I think. I know that sounds stupid. I remember there was a grey (which I didn't want) and this. I know they make both white and cream, and I'm pretty sure what I have here is the cream. I guess I get to go back to the store and check, or order some white from online someplace. (I've already searched online, and when looking at the little color swatches of both colors, what I have here actually looks like something in between the two, which is no help at all!)
Remember when art was easy? You just had your little box of crayons and some construction paper?
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By: Paula Pertile,
on 2/17/2008
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By: Mo Willems,
on 12/19/2007
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Well, that does it for Mo Willems Doodles for 2007. This blog started as an experiment a year ago last week and has since devoured my old website. Thanks for all the support and enthusiasm you’ve shown over the last year; it is appreciated. Here at the Marcraft Novelty MFG Corp. we have lots to look forward to in 2008, including: The release the new Pigeon Book! (plus the announcement of
By: Mo Willems,
on 6/27/2007
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I’ve just returned from the Librarian’s conference in DC, which was good fun. Besides various dinners, signings, and celebrations, I was able to catch David Macaulay speak at the opening of his excellent retrospective at the Building Museum and revisit the Steinberg exhibit at the Portrait Gallery that I’d enjoyed months ago at the Morgan. Jon Scieszka and I enjoyed whooping it up at the Drill
By: Mo Willems,
on 6/3/2007
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Last Friday was the big speech for the BEA breakfast, which was good fun. Daniel Pinkwater and Jacqueline Wilson were nice and interesting, and besides a bit of some technical problems (read: my projection thingie for the drawing demonstration failed to project) the talk went well. While it was a thrill to speak to so many folks, the highlight of the conference for me was the Knuffle Bunny Bus
By: Mo Willems,
on 6/2/2007
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Well, BEA is over for me. I had a great/exhausting time speaking, signing, running around, seeing friends and getting to know a bunch of new authors and illustrators. (I even managed to snag an amazing David Small illustration at the ABC auction!) I’ll give a report next week, but I thought I’d show you a quick comic from Publisher’s Weekly, uh, weekly children’s book news blast: Whenever
Looks like you've been having fun experimenting. Thanks for sharing your discoveries. Adding objects to your yarn pieces makes your work more unique than it already was. Bravo!
I have used both Rives and Strathmore 4ply illustration board.
Made a big mistake once with a large, highly detailed (layered) piece by starting it on Rives.
It stopped taking layers of color before I was 'done'. Had to abandon the piece.
Illustration board presents the same, non-see-through problem for me. I like your solution.
I use a different solution, but it's about as labor intensive.
http://www.lesliehawes.com/wordpress/?p=262
Oh, the sacrifices we make.:)
And to top it off, a number of years ago Strathmore 'changed', 'improved' their board, and now it is too spongy for my liking.