This large composition has been an on and off project that I intend to finish. It has also been an experiment in different mixed media. My principal medium has been and is still colored pencil. I started out doing watercolor washes to create a flat color base and now I am enjoying mixing chalk pastels and pastel pencils with my colored pencils to create some stronger blacks and whites, and smoother colors. I am inspired to do a series of smaller pieces around the Tree of Life theme.
Life Cycle (work in progress)
Colored pencil, watercolor and chalk pastel on illustration board
Gilles Rainville
2009 – 2011
