I did this chalkpastel drawing about a year ago when I was in the #OpenStudioWorkshop - just before I headed out to Italy! I called her Hope perhaps because she filled me with so much hope for my trip... I remember being so emotional when I finished her!
As much as I love chalk - they are hard to keep because they are always shedding even if you use fixative. I was about to move Hope onto the bin or something! I needed to do the background and I've been wanting to fix her mouth forever!
So for years there was something I always wanted to try - I wanted to put water over a chalk to see what happens... I had heard it becomes like using watercolors. But I guess this piece wasn't the best painting to do that with because I had used fixative but also huge amounts of chalk! So it wasn't easy to work - I had serious painter's cramp afterwards...
I started adding water and also added acrylic paints too!!!
She's now moved from a drawing to a painting and she feels amazing!
And at last, I fixed her mouth and neck and the background!
I feel like again I've saved this painting and reclaimed her from the bin!
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