Thinking of spring? This pendant from Italy’s Cecilia Leonini (ImpastArte) says it all – fresh colors, delicate lines, light flowery shapes. Here she is on Instagram.
Cecilia is teaching her Comic and Chopped techniques at an April 13 workshop in Turin sponsored by Staedtler.
Her background is in illustration so drawing smooth blends and fine lines with inks on raw polymer suits her just fine and delights the rest of us.
Greece’s Anarina Anar wakes us up this Monday with a 60″ necklace in bright blues.
The long thin polymer rectangles are covered with a variety of complementary patterns. Anarina’s tools of choice are colored pencils on raw clay.
Every strip is delightfully different so that your eyes want to search them all for similarities.
With her latest series of splats and swashes, Donna Kato indulges her love of colored pencils. She always liked the look and feel of pencils but didn’t feel she had the talent to become an illustrator. She always felt at home with polymer.
The Ribbon brooch is the newest iteration that combines the two processes. The Splat necklace continues a sunny spring version.
More and more polymer artists are coloring on both baked and unbaked polymer,
creating gradations, textures and colors. A black edge enhances the contrast.
Donna has uploaded photos of her growing collection of bright hand-drawn designs on Facebook. Combining pencils, polymer and most recently, animal drawings hits a sweet spot for Donna. “This series really makes me happy, happy.” she says.
Would pencils brighten your day?
