The Carpenter by Earleywine
Earleywine

The Carpenter

by Earleywine in Conte' Crayon and Sanguine

Another conte' crayon on papyrus (I like the combination, what can I say)

This guy was at the state fair giving demonstrations on how to use old carpenters tools

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  • MrNoxx

    MrNoxx

    I love this piece...

    May 16th, 2012 Reply
  • Mizzabelle

    Mizzabelle

    Masterful, an amazing work

    Jan 2nd, 2012 Reply
  • bleuie

    bleuie

    This is such a fantastic piece.

    I've never tried Conte' Crayons before, do you think it will blend with colored pencil? How do you compare it with CP? Thanks

    Jul 23rd, 2011 Reply
    • Earleywine

      Earleywine

      Conte' crayons are almost like a pastel, but not really. Maybe a cross between pastels and crayons. I don't think that the colored pencil will stick to conte' - so I don't believe they would work together. I have used colored pencils to put highlights into charcoal drawings before.

      Jul 23rd, 2011 Reply Subscriber
    • Earleywine

      Earleywine

      You can get sets of conte' in all colors - but I have always just used them to do sepia toned drawings. I love the shades and the richness of color that you can achieve with them. Compared to colored pencils - the biggest thing is that you can Not get the fine detail with the conte' crayons that you can with colored pencils. And you have to be careful not to overwork them because they will get an almost waxy shine if you do.

      Jul 23rd, 2011 Reply Subscriber
    • Earleywine

      Earleywine

      There are advantages to them over colored pencils - it depends on what I am trying to achieve with the piece. The color is richer, and they cover better. Not as much fine detail - but that is not necessarily a bad thing, depending on what you are trying to do.

      Jul 23rd, 2011 Reply Subscriber
    • bleuie

      bleuie

      Thank you so much Pam, I was thinking of using it for backgrounds on canvas together with colored pencils, at least now I have an idea what I can do with it

      Jul 23rd, 2011 Reply
  • Dynnnad

    Dynnnad

    Wow, such a brilliant portrait! Wonderfully made!

    Jun 27th, 2011 Reply Hello
  • Earleywine

    Earleywine

    Thanks :). My daughter says he looks like Santa

    Jun 21st, 2011 Reply Subscriber
  • JurgenDoe

    JurgenDoe

    This is a pretty and awesome portrait .. excellent :)

    Jun 21st, 2011 Reply Shadowness Staff
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