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Rob Clark
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Following are some other examples of underpainting and chalkwork to give you a bit more of an idea.

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Note the underpainting of the border, it kinda just tails off into nothing. You will see why in this next pic.

In this piece I have used my fingers to kinda smudge some items,like the Potatoes, Mushrooms. I will roughly lay down the colours and then run my fingers over them to merge them together. Some chalk artist use only this style,it's nice,gives an airbrushed kinda feel to the work.


So,the finished job.

[ February 03, 2002: Message edited by: Steve Shortreed ]



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Wow Rob.......I love your style. Thanks!
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Oh Rob thank you much for the demo, I always wanted to expand my abilities into this kind'a thing and you seem to have the feel for it.

So glad I asked!

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Rob,

I love the chalkboard stuff. What kind of paint do you use for the underpainting portions? Poster Paints like you use for the black maybe??

Thanks for the step-by-steps!

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Yes Amy, poster paints for the underpainting,did I neglect to mention that, sorry.
I am not sure what you would call them at your place, but these paints are water based, dry flat and are somewhat porous / grainy / textured,not sure how to describe it. The important thing to remember is that if they dry too smooth the chalk will only slide over the surface without catching or leaving colour behind.
Hopethis helps.

Keep asking if you need a better explanation.

RobC

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Beautiful work Rob!

I love your style. Thanks for sharing, I'm definately going to try this technique.

Suelynn from Saskatchewan

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Thanks so much for the great step-by-step, Rob!

I'm a big fan of your work!

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