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Friday, April 29, 2011

Paint Party Friday

Yay! Paint Party Friday! Lots of things to do today, including getting ready for Artisans at the Arboretum tomorrow. For my PPF friends, please also see my post from Wed, while it's not about painting, I think you will really enjoy it! And now for the painting part, I picked up a pack of 3 small scratch boards (5x7 inches) awhile back. I haven't done a scratch board in probably 20 years and just wanted to fool around with it, especially with doing some color on it. So I started one last night and here is what it looks like this morning.
Tiger 5x7 scratch board, work in progress
Sorry for the glare, just couldn't seem to find the right spot when I was taking the picture, either glare or a bad shadow.
Posted by Mary Hysong at 8:20 AM

38 comments:

  1. CrystalApril 29, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    Amazing WIP...just gorgeous. I have some scratchboard that is still black since I am a bit apprehensive about starting something on it. You have inspired me to give it a whirl....one day soon. :-)

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  2. Mary HysongApril 29, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Art2; just start, it's not that hard, really. I like to start with the whitest parts of the picture first. I don't scratch them hard to begin with, just lightly, then move to slightly darker areas, then darker, all very light to begin with. Then as I go I just go over and over the lightest parts until they are light enough. thanks for stopping by and commenting!

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  3. GlorV1April 29, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    Very nice. Love the lion, they are beautiful creatures. Thanks.

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  4. NettyApril 29, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Oh wow such a fabulous lion. Annette x

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  5. Denise MulliganApril 29, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    The tiger is gorgeous! You are very talented! Keep up the good work...
    Denise

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  6. VictoriaApril 29, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    Fabulous..so beautiful! Stellar!
    Victoria

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  7. AbelaApril 29, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    Great an adult tiger, I have painted cats puppies ... is a marvel. Greetings

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  8. MelisaApril 29, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Amazing! I've always been afraid to try scratch board because it looks like if you make a mistake you are stuck with it. I know I'd goof and ruin it at about 95% finished, LOL.

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  9. Mary HysongApril 29, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    Thank you ladies! I so appreciate your comments. @ Melisa, if you go slow and scratch lightly you will not make a mistake that shows. The hard part is to be patient and not get in a hurry

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  10. MarleneApril 29, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    All the adjectives have been taken: amazing, gorgeous, beautiful, wonderful - nothing left to say but ditto all the above.

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  11. Tammie LeeApril 29, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    this is fantastic, you are scratch board gifted.

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  12. SunshineshelleApril 29, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    You did this in a night??? When do you sleep LOL, FANTASTIC!!! You're very talented Happy PPF too ;)

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  13. Jaime HaneyApril 29, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    Simply gorgeous, what talent you have!! I read somewhere that you can paint over a mistake with black paint, is that true?

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  14. Rosie KaplanApril 29, 2011 at 8:52 PM

    I am SERIOUSLY impressed. 20 years you say. WOW. And what a great tiger

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  15. AnonymousApril 29, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    Wow! This is amazing! He looks so fierce, like he's coming right out of the image. Thanks for stopping by my blog too! Happy PPF! :-)

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  16. Mary HysongApril 29, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Thank you, Tammi, Sunshine Jaime, Rosie, Roban! Sunshine, this is a really small image, only 5x7 inch board. and what I posted was about 3-4 hours work. @ Jaime, it's best to try and find a matte ink that will match the ink on the board as close as possible to cover mistakes. And I've done this tiger before, 16x20 acrylic on canvas. There's a pic of him on my website.

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  17. Hybrid JApril 29, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    Amazing work and what fun to work with a scratch board. Maybe I should try it as well. Great Job! ;)

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  18. Valerie-JaelApril 30, 2011 at 12:00 AM

    Great Tiger. But what is a scratch board? Never heard of that before! Valerie

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  19. Šolanje na domu-WaldorfApril 30, 2011 at 2:08 AM

    Absolutely fabulous!

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  20. UnknownApril 30, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    oh this is amazing work!!! wow!!!

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  21. Kristin DudishApril 30, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Wonderful - I agree with Tammie... you are "scratch board gifted"!

    xo
    Kristin

    p.s. Rosco is fabulous!

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  22. Mary HysongApril 30, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    Craftattack; a scratch board is a heavy paper or light masonite covered with kaolin white clay and then a layer of black ink. You scratch through the black ink leaving a white line. Many commercial illustrations used to be done that way.

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  23. Mary HysongApril 30, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    Hybrid, Natasha, Craftattack, Diana, Kristin, thank you for your lovely comments, i rreally appreciate it!

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  24. AnnabelleApril 30, 2011 at 6:44 PM

    Wow....Amazing work! One talented gal you are!

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  25. ChristineApril 30, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    this is really well done.

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  26. UnknownMay 1, 2011 at 4:14 AM

    I LOVE this, I would have never known that it was scratch board- all those details you've included are simply amazing!

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  27. YvonneMay 1, 2011 at 5:31 AM

    Scratch board is new for me. Your lion is amazingly beautiful.

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  28. Mary HysongMay 1, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Annabelle, Christine, STephanie and Yvonne, thank you. Really I think scratch board might be the only way to get that much detail in a piece. If you check out the next post in my blog you will see him finished with color.

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  29. Gerri HerbstMay 1, 2011 at 6:42 AM

    Fabulous tiger...looked at the next post and loved the finished one with color even more. Roscoe is amazing. I adore your animals, so much power and life. gerri

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  30. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    You did that in one night??? Amazing! The detail is fabulous. It's funny but I was watching a programme on the history of Ireland a while ago and they used scratch board illustrations on it and it really made me want to try it (did it many many years ago as a child at summer school!) and now you've made me want to try it again too! This is outstanding!

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  31. Anne ButeraMay 1, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Your tiger looks amazing! What detailed work you do!

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  32. LynetteMay 1, 2011 at 11:11 AM

    Gorgeous scratchboard. Great job!

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  33. Mary HysongMay 1, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    Gerri, thank you, yes the tiger did not take that long but he's only 5x7; I did the same tiger in acrylics, 16x20 and it took every spare hour I had for 3 weeks.... Pointy, oh do try it again, but get the Ampersand boards, they are masonite, not the flimsy student grade paper.Anne and Lynette, thank you. I do mostly enjoy realism and painting or scratching all those little hairs, well you get a rhythm and it's kind of meditative. Thank you all for your sweet comments.

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  34. Paula - Buenos AiresMay 2, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    Wooooooooooooooooowwwwww! So full of life and power. Very vibrant animal. Amazing detail.

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  35. Kharlie BugMay 2, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    Gorgeous tiger. My fiance loves tigers and this is so life like! The detail is just phenomenal!

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  36. Carola BartzMay 2, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    That is some cool tiger!!! I like it. I also like the way it looks in the post above - great work!

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  37. EVAMay 2, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    Wow!!! Fierce and fabulous!!

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  38. Mary HysongMay 2, 2011 at 6:21 PM

    Paula, Kharlie, Carola and Eva, thank you. I'll get the original posted for sale on my website soon and in the meantime I have been making products with this tiger on it over in my zazzle store. If you haven't been to zazzle, you really should go check it out! Put your art on anything!!

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