Today a friend asked If I had the new Tim Holtz Distress Crayons (I don't - yet). She had recently purchased them and wondered how to use them. So I said I would gladly play with them in my art/sketch journal. I had instant regret though, because I had a faint feeling I might fall in love with them and then would have to add them to the never ending list of art supplies that I MUST have...
Right now I'm working in a Strathmore Mixed Media Journal. So I wondered how it would work on a non-watercolour paper.
I quickly sketched out a face...
I coloured in her face using my copics...
I applied the distress crayons straight to the paper without laying any gesso underneath. I wanted to see how it would react to the plain paper. I laid down some colour then dipped my finger into some water and blended it out. I quite like the watercolour look to the areas where there has been more water applied. These crayons are super creamy and slide on the paper like butter! I want to try them with the rest of the Tim Holtz Distress line as they all perfectly play together to create some pretty cool techniques!
Still needs a few finishing touches and highlights, (and I now know the black Sakura pen I used to outline her face is water reactive), but I think I'm in love with these new Tim Holtz Distress Crayons! They're now on the top of my 'must have' list!
A big shout out to my biggest enablers Carola and Dee, my art supply cabinet would not be the same with out you! ;)
