Friday 16 March 2012

New Love for Acrylics & Testing the New Derwent Artbars

I have found such a new love for acrylics the last few days, I've no idea why.
unfinished page
Rather than using them as I usually (for the background then using other materials for the foreground or mixing them together) I've just been wanting to do nothing but paint with acrylics. As I usually do when the creative instinct calls I've just gone with it, and I find it sooooo relaxing slapping down the paint and leaving it where it lies.
But I received some other art materials which I've been so excited about getting, the new Derwent Artbars, so I'm thinking acrylics will be put to one side tonight lol. They are watersoluable wax bars, and they can do all the things Caran D'ache neocolour II can, but you can make them either translucent or opaque. They are triangular so you can literally draw with the points too, and I find it's easy to manipulate with water - so you can keep some lines visible and erase the ones you don't want, which sometimes I cannot do with neocolour IIs. I did have time for a tiny a bit of a play, so for 10 mins I just drew with them and then added water to the page, it created this page:
The new Artbars :)
For touch ups I took the brush directly to the bar to create a paint - I really like the thick yummy paint they can make. I think I definitely prefer them to the neocolour II, but still being a such an easily dilute-able material I think they will work best for larger background work in my journals, unless I'm feeling all abstracty that is, as I don't like how this page turned out.


I'm going to link with Paint Party Friday and Studio Sneak Peek as I've not joined in any online art hopping for aggggggggggggggggges, hopefully I'll see you there, much love Jennibellie xxx

39 comments:

  1. Three excellent creations ~ would seem acrylics are a natural to you ~ and the Artbars sound very interesting ~ thanks, namaste, Carol ~ Happy Weekend ^_^

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  2. Beautiful works of art. Happy PPF, Annette x

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  3. Looks like you've had such fun playing. Yes--follow the muse!! :)

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  4. Wonderful painting! The handsome profile is so striking -- really great use of contrast with a limited palette.

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  5. Oh will have to check these out! Thanks for the review. Love the bird!!! xox Corrine

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  6. Wonderful work. The Artbars look like fun. Enjoy!

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  7. how interesting. Thank you for the review. Im not sure if they would be my cuppa tea but never know until you give it a try. happy PPF and Studio sneak peek!

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  8. This profile of man is great. Saludos

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  9. I have never heard of the artbars before... how neat! I love the shading of the black and white you did. Beautiful work!

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  10. beautiful work, I love acrylic and thanks for introducing me to wax bars! Never heard of them.

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  11. Love all three pieces of art! I just ordered the Neocolor IIs - never used anything like them before. I'll have to follow your work using the Artbars. One thing about the Neocolors that I wondered about - no point/tip like a crayon? That might be tricky for me.....

    Hugs,
    Kay

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  12. Woooow Jennibellie! Your paintings are fabulous. The swan. The man. WOW!

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  13. I really like that first piece, and the profile painting is cool, too--I'm glad you were in an acrylics mood! Happy weekend to you :)

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  14. Really like your unfinished art page!
    Thanks, too, for introducing us to the new artbars! Looks so fun!
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

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  15. Wow! Super wow! these are totally fabulous..the first is so amazing and captured my heart..you are super talented!I have never heard of art bars..how exciting..!!and the man is powerfully stunning..everything is gorgeous..shine on..
    thanks for this super inspiring post and your gorgeous art!
    Hugs
    victoria

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  16. I like the strong lines and textures! Great job! It's so much fun playing with new materials! Patsy from
    HeARTworks

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  17. Beautiful!!! Now I'm off to find me some Artbars!

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  18. I love how acrylics flow. :) Thanks for sharing your experiences with the bars. I have never used those.

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  19. Looks like fun. I like that painting of the guy best here!!! Happy PPF.

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  20. ME too! I can't even tell you how excited that makes me! A new version of Neocolour II!? Fabulous - so exciting! Thank you for sharing . . .
    AND thank you for sharing your beautiful work. I am so in love with your swan and the black and white profile is brilliant. So cool. xoxo

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  21. Love it...love it...LOVE IT! Wonderful work...you are so talented!! Acrylics are my favourite medium to work with although I am attempting to get better with watercolours. The Derwent Artbars sound interesting. Enjoy!

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  22. Oh my... you lucky gal!!!
    You have the "artbars" by Derwent.
    This product is not available in the USA yet, waiting.
    Thank you for sharing, always, :]

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  23. Interesting and very creative, great work!

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  24. Beautiful paintings. Wow. I love the swan and your face looks oh so real. Great job! :)

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  25. Those artbars sound fabulous!!!! Thanks for introducing them to me!!! Your artwork is beautiful - I especially love the profile of the man and how you've conveyed such intense emotion with it!!! Fantastic work!

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  26. Typing with one hand today. Love you art
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  27. The acrylics you have painted are fantastic. Thanks for the review of the Artbars. I am going to get a set and try them out.

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  28. oh you are mastering these mediums!!! lovely work!!!

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  29. Great job! You've made me want to try those new artbars. I love the neocolours so it will be interesting to see the differences.

    Fascinating faces and awesome swan!

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  30. Love the swan, gorgeous! The artbars sound really interesting, sometimes I cant seem to get my head around paint so something in 'stick' form might suit me better. Thanks for the review :)

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  31. All three art works are stunning Jenni. Brilliant portrait of that man, mysterious, could be a vampire?
    Another painting medium to try. l like their intense colours and ease of application and sound just the thing for me to try out. Thanks for the heads up!

    Annabelle : )

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  32. Jenni- I so love your work. And i love how you share your passion with the world!

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  33. Such beautiful work Jenny! It is so fun to just stay with the acrylics sometimes. :) But, those bars sound like loads of fun too. I think I would go seriously mad in a large art store with all the different art supplies I want. Too bad money doesn't grow on trees! :)

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  34. oh those look fun, lovely work!

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  35. Fantastic. I love that spread with the bird so much I have to pinch myself! I have never heard of art bars, so I will check those out sometime, because I really really need a new art material (did I hear someone laughing sarcastically? oh, that was me ;-) )

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  36. These Artbars sound intriguing. I really like the portrait in grey tones. Such a great expression.

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  37. hi Jennie!! Love everything you posted here. Those Artbars look fabulous and like so much fun. I must try them out. You are like the fucking queen of mediums!! :-)
    I haven't blog hopped much lately, but it's always so nice to see your work. xoxo

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  38. Love your stuff! They are all beautiful, but I love the second one the best. Glad to find you through PPF!

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  39. I hope you do lots more acrylic work in the next few weeks and we get to see many more of these beautiful paintings... love your expressive line work and your great sense of colour just shines through... I love these...xx

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