I am smitten with the technique I used to create this painting of an abandoned house. I stained the paper with tea and I used pen and ink with a watercolor wash to complete it.
Hi Pete, I draw my image onto watercolor paper and I stretch it and wait until it dries. Then I pour boiling water over several teabags. When the water is cool, I stain the paper with several washes of tea (letting each wash dry before applying the next) to get the color I want. Using pen and ink and watercolor I paint the image. Very simple technique with lovely results. ~Gina
Gina, Thanks for the reply. This weekend I tried soaking 140# arches cp in tea for various lengths of time. I got quite varying results (some very good, some no so good). I'll try the wash technique to see if I have more control over the tone. Pete
very nice indeed, and the technique sounds intriging...wish there were pics of the process in between...as that is always the most fun part- the process! cheers
Very nice Gina!
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with tea? very interesting! beautiful.
ReplyDeletegorgeous! lots of character to it
ReplyDeleteTHAT IS GORGEOUS! Lovely painting!
ReplyDeleteTell us more about staining the paper with tea
ReplyDeleteoh my, i would have swear by the small thumbnail it was a photo. nice work with the tea, indeed.
ReplyDeleteYou're a Wyeth if I've even seen one. Nice stuff, very nice.
ReplyDeleteVery nice!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Pete,
ReplyDeleteI draw my image onto watercolor paper and I stretch it and wait until it dries. Then I pour boiling water over several teabags. When the water is cool, I stain the paper with several washes of tea (letting each wash dry before applying the next) to get the color I want. Using pen and ink and watercolor I paint the image. Very simple technique with lovely results.
~Gina
That's a painting? I thought it was a photo! AMAZING!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, gorgeous painting (I thought it was a photo too at first), and interesting methods!!
ReplyDeleteSo interesting and beautiful. Very evocative, haunting image.
ReplyDeleteI'm having trouble believing this is not a photo. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteA truly beautiful image. I love the tone the tea creates.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful painting superbly rendered. I love it.
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteGina,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reply. This weekend I tried soaking 140# arches cp in tea for various lengths of time. I got quite varying results (some very good, some no so good).
I'll try the wash technique to see if I have more control over the tone.
Pete
really like this lots... beautiful picture, interesting tea idea! :)
ReplyDeletewow amazing! looks like a photograph!
ReplyDeletevery nice indeed, and the technique sounds intriging...wish there were pics of the process in between...as that is always the most fun part- the process! cheers
ReplyDeleteThat is definitely an amazing piece of work! I never would have thought of tea. :)
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