My aim is to recreate the atmosphere created by the tonal contrasts of the sole light.
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| I bought oil pencils thinking they were more controllable oil pastels. But no, not the effect I was expecting. |
Options:
* brown ink to create a sepia-like affect
* dusting of chalk over watercolour pencil
* water-soluble marker ink
* white oil pastel with ink wash
* monochrome coloured pencil to show tonal contrast
Tests so far
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| Work in progress. The paper isn’t ideal for this amount of wet work as I didn’t keep to taped down. Second version to come. |









