I have been using a lot of the white WATSON watercolour paper for my comic project lately. The backing cardboard paper from those blocks has a nice grey colour, is really thick and stiff and has little texture so I started to wonder if I can paint something on it with my acrylic gouache.
I went for something grey, similar to my Akihabara painting, to make use of the natural colour of the board. This is based on a photo of a bus depot near our house, and to be exact the trash and storage area of the depot. I really like the old bus stop signs stored there and the contrasting buildings of a university in the back.
The board proved to be really difficult to paint on. When wet it’s colour darkened a lot so choosing colours was a difficult task. I had to use a piece of scrap white paper to test them all the time. But still this was an interesting experiment. I wanted to make use of the nice grey colour of the board but would use Gesso to prime it if I ever do it again.
Technical stuff:
- Medium: WATSON white block backing cardboard (about 3mm, grey paper board)
- Sketch: F Mitsu-bishi Hi-Uni pencil
- Colours: TURNER Acrylic Gouache.
製作中の漫画のために「ミューズ ホワイトワトソン」の水彩紙をいっぱい使ったら、裏表紙のボール紙がだいぶ余りました。分厚くて丈夫で良いグレーのボードなので、絵に使えないかと思い立って描いた絵です。
地の色を活かせるシーンを探して、近所のバス車庫の物置とゴミ捨て場の写真を選びました。古くなったバス停のサインが並んでる雰囲気が良いかんじ。
アクリルガッシュを使っても描くのはものすごく難しかった、ボードが水に触れると色が濃くなるので、乾いたらどんな色になるかは直感で描くしかなかったです。またこのボードを使おうと思ったら、まずジェッソで下地を塗った方がいいですが、面白い実験でした！
ツール詳細
- 紙： ミューズ ホワイトワトソン の裏紙 （３ミリの厚紙 ボード）
- 下描き： F Mitsu-bishi Hi-Uni 鉛筆
- 着色： ターナー アクリルガッシュ
Harry Clarke. Illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination. 1919
(via stolenhousesma)
Anthony Green / Saosin / Circa Survive - Why the fuck did you shout out seven 7 years !? Now they’re not gonna play it
Struan Teague
Ghostal Express - A monster train ride! by Will Scobie
An illustration for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival guide, in the form of an alphabet book. My letter was S, which stood for Secretary, Slacker, and Steven Soderbergh.
GREETINGS FROM DELTA SECTOR 482786, 2013, mixed media on circuit board, 7.28x9.80in
CRINGER, 2008, oil on panel, 12x16.5in
HOLY FIRE, 2011, acrylic on circuit panel, 5x12in