Mixed Media Art Demonstration

Free Art Lesson - Part 1 of 2

Leaps and Bounds (The Impala)


Leaps and Bounds-The Impala : about 23 × 30 inches or so.
Ink, Tea, Coffee, Liquid Gold Leaf, Gold Paint Pen, Black Gouache and White Acrylic on white Stonehenge and handmade deckled cream-colored Punjab paper.

I started off with a sketch of the impala on the Stonehenge paper. After inking in the outlines and some initial work on the head, I accidentally tore the paper and rather than throw it all away, I cut out the impala shape, which the tear hadn’t reached, and then pasted it on the handmade Punjab paper. Before pasting it on though, I stained the Punjab paper with tea and coffee, which, with the deckled edges, kind of almost gave it an animal hide look.

I kept the colors to strictly browns, gold, creams, ivory and black for an overall earthy tone.

Some WIPS and the final artwork below:

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The Sketch

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After cutting out the Impala shape, shown against pre-stained Punjab paper:

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Adding liquid gold leaf

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Next to Harley Cat, for scale (Harley Cat is not terribly impressed)

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Adding patterns:

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