Wax Bloom

6 responses so far ↓

• 1 Nancy Hoover // May 13, 2008 at 1:45 pm

  What a cutie!! The hat adds to the adorableness of the painting.

  Do you cut the pastelbord yourself? I’ve tried to do that, but it doesn’t work well for me. I end up ruining it. The surface that I draw on ends up flaking off in the area where I cut it. Do you have any tips???

  Nancy

• 2 S.G. Chipman // May 13, 2008 at 2:20 pm

  Thanks, Nancy!

  Yep, I cut it myself. I score it on both sides with a *very* sharp carpet knife and then snap it. The edges still end up very slightly flakey, though – but that tends to be ok since they get covered by the mat when framed.

  That said however, I’ve long been giving some consideration to purchasing a bandsaw to cut it.

• 3 Paulette // May 13, 2008 at 4:38 pm

  This is looking wonderful!

• 4 S.G. Chipman // May 13, 2008 at 7:09 pm

  Thanks Paulette!

• 5 melissa // May 13, 2008 at 7:34 pm

  I never cease to be amazed. Beautiful!!

• 6 Alla Gringaus // May 14, 2008 at 12:31 am

  Now, let me tell you this is my grandson, Maccabee, and the drawing looks amazing… The character, the pose, even the face expression is captured so precisely. I still can’t believe this piece of art could be done with a few pencils… Thank You, Steve, ’tis absolutely precious.

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