Acrylic Inks
My free video on using acrylic inks is up on YouTube - here is the link: https://www.pulsarproductions.com/artists/tricia-reust I also have a chapter on these inks in my book "Using Chroma Art Materials" - both my books are available on my website www.triciareust@gmail.com
No Press Printing Free Instructional Video
I love printing - and have developed a way of using acrylics to print from my lino plates, and other plates including collagraphs. Along with the chapter in my book "Using Chroma Art Materials" I have a free video on this process. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQHSu4hbTM Atelier Acrylic for no-press printing in mixed media Both my books are available through my website www.triciareust.com.au I like to use acrylic paint for printing as this allows me to use my prints as collage elements. "Scrub" is a pastel and mixed media on canvas - I often print on tissue and then add these prints
Drawing – another demo from a charcoal portrait workshop completed
I completed another demo piece - this has wet pastel as a background and I used charcoal and grey pastels. I have an instructional video on Drawing available through Pulsar Productions - here is the link: https://www.pulsarproductions.com/artists/tricia-reust
“Tree Search” Completed (demo from Crows Nest Workshop)
Sometimes I am happy to leave the texture and colour in a painting be enough to convey my message, but many times I add a motif, or symbol, of reality, to serve as a jumping board to bring in the viewer and provide an element of contact. This does not have to be a large part of the work, and often in fact, is quite small in relation to the painting. “Tree Search” is one such work, that I have just completed after the workshop in Crows Nest. This work has several other paintings underneath so the texture is all
Completed the demo Lennox Mood
Another demonstration piece completed, using wet pastel as an underpainting, begun at the Brisbane Pastel Society of Australia meeting on August 6th 2024. From different photos I had taken, I composed a rough sketch to set the tonal distribution of shapes. The pink and yellow ochre AS soft pastels were applied to the white Colourfix. It is important to use a paper that can take being wet, and pastels that will mix readily with water. The pastels were pushed into the paper with a Taklon brush and water. I indicated the colours to be used, applying the soft pastels. The
Completed Demo Wet Pastel Underpainting
Finally, now that I have returned from the road trip, I have some time to finalise some demonstration pieces. This is the wet pastel underpainting portrait demo from the PSA Brisbane meeting Tuesday August 6th. Over a charcoal portrait study (begun at the NZ portrait workshop) on Art Spectrum Colourfix paper - Soft Umber - I placed green and raw umber AS soft pastels. I then wet these areas with water and a taklon brush, and pushed the pastel into the paper, ensuring that all the pastel was melted. Placing soft pastel over these areas to develop the portrait. This
This drawing off to Germany – I’m off on my road trip!
This charcoal pastel study is off to Germany as a gift. I am off to deliver workshops on my road trip beginning in Canberra, then Newbridge, and Nelson Bay on my way home. These workshops include drawing, Mixed Media and also, pastel on canvas. Looking forward to seeing former attendees and making new friends.
