Challenge #51: Butterfly Soul

[yhlee]

Title: Butterfly Soul
Artist: yhlee
Rating: G
Fandom: original work
Characters/Pairings: another lady with a tiara :3
Content Notes: An experiment in traditional media - new-to-me coloring pencils (Prismacolor Premier) and new-to-me Kuretake gold mica paste (applied with a paintbrush). The photo really doesn't do the mica paste justice! So shiny. :3

Preview:



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Comments

[yhlee]

Thank you!

There are...probably cheaper ways to achieve sparkles - St. Louis Art Supply charges $12.50 (USD) for the Kuretake gold mica paste, vs. (say) $3 for a pan of Kuretake Gansai Tambi shimmer watercolors (which also come in a range of hues) or ~$4 for a pan of Finetec gold watercolor or, I guess, $9 for Winsor & Newton gold ink. And for lettering/dip pen applications, the watercolors or gold inks are probably the better choice! But I like the ooziness of the gold paste. XD

[facethestrange]

What works for you is the most important, if it's also something you can afford, so I don't see a problem here. :D I only did traditional art until very early 2000s so before most of this stuff was even a thing (I mean, some of it probably was a thing somewhere else in the world), so now I just go "woah, SHINY" when you or someone else talks about art supplies, but I don't actually know how they feel or work. xD