Comments on: Sanded Pastel Paper and the Icarus Board http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/05/sanded-pastel-paper-and-the-icarus-board/ Fine Art Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jill http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/05/sanded-pastel-paper-and-the-icarus-board/comment-page-1/#comment-2345 Jill Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:12:29 +0000 http://esterroi.com/?p=1926#comment-2345 Thanks so much for this! I've always wondered how in the world I'd use my white pencil... besides on dark paper of course. Can you give more examples on using white colored pencils please? Thanks so much for this! I've always wondered how in the world I'd use my white pencil... besides on dark paper of course. Can you give more examples on using white colored pencils please?

]]> By: Ester Roi http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/05/sanded-pastel-paper-and-the-icarus-board/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Ester Roi Wed, 26 May 2010 20:08:03 +0000 http://esterroi.com/?p=1926#comment-269 You are welcome, Janet. I hope you have fun with it. You are welcome, Janet. I hope you have fun with it.

]]> By: Janet Grundas http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/05/sanded-pastel-paper-and-the-icarus-board/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Janet Grundas Wed, 26 May 2010 19:48:22 +0000 http://esterroi.com/?p=1926#comment-268 I just received my new Icarus Board last week and am so excited about trying out the demo's you are presenting. Thank you for the demo's and tips along the way. I just received my new Icarus Board last week and am so excited about trying out the demo's you are presenting. Thank you for the demo's and tips along the way.

]]> By: Ester Roi http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/05/sanded-pastel-paper-and-the-icarus-board/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Ester Roi Wed, 26 May 2010 02:31:39 +0000 http://esterroi.com/?p=1926#comment-265 Thank you, Hazen. I learn something new with each piece too and I'm just glad to share what I learn. Thank you, Hazen. I learn something new with each piece too and I'm just glad to share what I learn.

]]> By: Hazen Folse http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/05/sanded-pastel-paper-and-the-icarus-board/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Hazen Folse Wed, 26 May 2010 02:19:46 +0000 http://esterroi.com/?p=1926#comment-264 Love the new flowers. Thanks for sharing them. I am still learning something new with each piece I do. I'm so glad to be back with colored pencils and oil pastels, and constantly inspired by your updates. Many Thanks. Hazen Folse Love the new flowers. Thanks for sharing them. I am still learning something new with each piece I do. I'm so glad to be back with colored pencils and oil pastels, and constantly inspired by your updates.
Many Thanks.
Hazen Folse

]]> By: Ester Roi http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/05/sanded-pastel-paper-and-the-icarus-board/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Ester Roi Tue, 25 May 2010 20:38:01 +0000 http://esterroi.com/?p=1926#comment-261 You'd better believe it, Teresa. You'd better believe it, Teresa.

]]> By: Teresa Mallen http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/05/sanded-pastel-paper-and-the-icarus-board/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Teresa Mallen Tue, 25 May 2010 20:08:18 +0000 http://esterroi.com/?p=1926#comment-260 Wonderful description of your process and wonderful photos too!! What? Your work has an ugly phase? Impossible! :-) Wonderful description of your process and wonderful photos too!! What? Your work has an ugly phase? Impossible! :-)

]]> By: Ester Roi http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/05/sanded-pastel-paper-and-the-icarus-board/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Ester Roi Sun, 23 May 2010 23:38:26 +0000 http://esterroi.com/?p=1926#comment-248 Thank you, Terry, for your insightful comment. Learning to postpone gratification and to endure the “ugly phase” is a daily struggle for me. Thank you, Terry, for your insightful comment. Learning to postpone gratification and to endure the “ugly phase” is a daily struggle for me.

]]> By: Terry Rempel-Mroz http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/05/sanded-pastel-paper-and-the-icarus-board/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Terry Rempel-Mroz Sun, 23 May 2010 23:18:36 +0000 http://esterroi.com/?p=1926#comment-247 I am always amazed at how beautiful the end result is, when the beginning is so plain and ordinary. I find that, for me, getting past the 'plain' stage is the most difficult, as I feel it will never look good. Thank you for showing us that the beginning is important to the final look, and that thoughtful careful work yeilds such wonderful results. (Not to mention also that you are very very talented.) Please keep posting these In Progress pieces - they inspire me to keep trying new things. I am always amazed at how beautiful the end result is, when the beginning is so plain and ordinary. I find that, for me, getting past the 'plain' stage is the most difficult, as I feel it will never look good. Thank you for showing us that the beginning is important to the final look, and that thoughtful careful work yeilds such wonderful results.
(Not to mention also that you are very very talented.)

Please keep posting these In Progress pieces - they inspire me to keep trying new things.

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