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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Scratchboard Art

I tried my hand at creating scratch art.  Using scratch board which is clayboard coated with India Ink, I scratched the image into the board with an Xacto knife and other sharp tools.  On Happy Hoppy, I used colored pencil to tint the the white clay that was uncovered with the scratching.  As you can see, I need some practice scratching my signature onto the board.

                                                      Happy Hoppy
                                          Scratch Art with Colored Pencil
                                                        7x5 inches


Gramps
Scratch Art
7x5 inches


6 comments:

  1. Amazing!!! I love the added color on Hoppy. Very well done. Exceptional shadows and expression on Gramps.

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    1. Thank you, Sheila. This was a lot of fun and I may try more. Fur is a perfect subject for scratch art.

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  2. Love both of these. Maybe you should have called the first one, "Happy Hoppe." Tee hee.

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    1. Thanks, Mike. You may be right about the name. Happy could be a relative.

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  3. Love, love, love these! Especially the gorilla.

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  4. minnemie, what a lovely comment on my scratchboard art. The gorilla is one of my favorites, too, especially since that's my husband's grandfather. My husband looks a lot like his grandfather. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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