There are many different styles of work in the drawing, thanks to which each picture acquires its own graceful image. Each painting depicts different brush strokes, techniques of execution and the artist's light hand. Take the bark of a tree, for example. These are perfect lines that are depicted by nature itself.
It is necessary
A piece of bark with an interesting texture, a sheet of paper, a pencil, a graphite rod, glue, a large flat brush, pastel paints, colored pencils, acrylic paints
Instructions
Step 1
Take a pencil and draw the bark, varying the pressure of the pencil to get light and dark lines. Determine where the bark texture is thickest. Apply glue to these areas using a sharp-tipped bubble. Glue drips protruding above the surface of the paper are formed.
Step 2
Recreate the uneven bark surface. Take a flat pig bristle brush and spread the glue on the paper. Do this in sharp, short strokes, and at the end of each stroke, lift the brush so that the glue pulls up over the surface of the paper. Leave the glue to dry until the next morning.
Step 3
Make sure the glue is completely dry. Paint over the areas not covered with glue with pastel colors - burnt umber on lighter areas and raw umber on darker ones. Then rub the pastel with your finger to apply paint to the glue-covered areas of the bark. Mixing with glue, the pastel forms colored spots on its surface.
Step 4
Add acrylic paint. Squeeze a little bit of acrylic paint from the tube onto your finger and apply it gently to the dark areas of the bark. Where the bark is darker, apply the paint in a thicker layer, and where the bark is lighter, apply a thinner layer. The paint will settle into the grooves of the glue-smeared surface, forming a very interesting mottled pattern.
Step 5
Finally, traverse the surface of the painting with a pencil and a graphite rod, tracing random lines with them to represent cracks in the bark. Also add some colored lines: with a dark brown pencil on the lighter areas of the bark, and golden brown on the dark ones.
