An exciting project as I’ve wanted to try out the black velour for ages. I’ve taken so many lovely twilight shots of my view here in Belfast I thought it was perfect for a trial working from black.
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The finished painting ‘Twilight City’ pastel on black velour 27″x19| |
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Lush black sheet of velour mounted as normal on self adhesive mount board and taped to my drawing board. |
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I’ve managed to blend the sky ready for the clouds |
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Using deep purples for the clouds which are very silhouetted against the sky. |
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The great thing about working on black velour is that I can clean up the black areas with a black pastel when dust gets on the areas I want to be jet black. It’s very easy to clean it up. |
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With just a light bit of yellow to highlight the back of the car I think this has been really simple letting the black areas of the painting create the majority of the shapes. |
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Hope you enjoyed the progress of “Twilight City’. I love the effect given by the lush black velour which really looks great in person like a rich velvet. It’s a view I spend a lot of time in front of as I like working at night and this is precisely what I see from my studio at night. Glad I could share the view with you!
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Emma…This is so good…love it!
Thank you Mary, it was an unusual choice I think but I've so wanted to capture this view from my window at night as I enjoy it so much!
this is great work Emma.love your approach
Thank you Connor, really appreciate your feedback!