Sentences with phrase «texture of the handmade paper»

Fond of an ivory laid Strathmore, he is attentive to the reticulated surface as he draws with charcoal, pencil, and pastel, similar to the way that Georges Seurat preferred the ribbed texture of the handmade paper he used for his Conté crayon drawings.

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Indian Waves is the only collection of pictures for which he also used handmade Indian Khadi paper that affords further expressive potential with its distinctive and random textures.

Deep black and vibrant hues of red, blue, and yellow pastel chalks have been heavily worked and rubbed into the handmade paper, nearly covering the entire surface with a seductive and velvety texture.

Larger and compositionally kindred is a series of charcoal drawings with flashes of sepia pastel on soft, textured handmade paper.

To make his books, he used a variety of textures, from coffee bags to copper pages, to handmade paper.

Using brilliant color on un-stretched canvases and handmade paper often with impasto - like texture, Shields employed sewing as a means of drawing as well as carefully draped yarn and rope, often studded with glass beads.

Recently, Artschwager has been painting and drawing on paper handmade from crushed sugar cane pulp, whose coarse texture is a persistent reminder to the viewer of the work's status as an object.

He might use handmade mulberry paper to create the look of stucco or corrugated paper to add texture.