I picked up scratchboard after not doing it since highschool. That is some 40 some years ago. Sorry I did not re discover it sooner ! As Carolyn says here , it is very meditative. The only issue I am correcting is knowing when to stop and present better shadowing. Other wise..I will continue to improve and relish in the new/old found medium. Thanks Graeme for bringing Carolyn's work to us . It is beautifully done!!
Thats a wonderful comment to make. Thanks so much for watching our channel. We will have a new show for you every week. Tell your friends when you get the chance, thanks again, Graeme
@@ColourinyourlifeAu I'm an emerging Australian artist myself, still in fledgeling stages in Queensland, I love exploring new mediums and various techniques. I stumbled across your channel whilst searching UA-cam and I love how it showcases Australian artists and the various techniques, styles etc. It's so informative. I loved how Carolyn gave such an insight into her amazing works.
I’ve been to art galleries and craft fairs. There aren’t many in Maine, US that do the scratchboards. I came across it by accident. No stores around me even sell it. So I’ll be ordering some of the boards. I usually do graphite, so fingers crossed.
Good Morning David and Carolyn. It was great to see this video. We have a Carolyn Henry in Lodi, California just south of the State Capitol of Sacramento. We also gave a workshop on scratch boarding. My wife, Sandy, and I took her class. We used a 5x7 Scartchbord which is already coated with the black ink. My wife and I had gone to Utrecht Art Store in Sacramento, which has merged with Dick Blick Art Stores. They had the tools and the scratchbords. I just did some judging of art work from high school children at the 2nd Annual Teen Community Art and Film Festival at the Laguna Town Hall in Elk Grove, California put on by the Community Service District which is our Park and Recreation Services as well as the Fire Department and some other services. What we judges thought was some pen and ink entries was some scratch boarding. With Carolyn of Lodi class, we did a scene from a beach in Oregon where she took a photograph. She stepped us through developing this landscape as well as what tool to use. She had tools available for us to use, but I had my own. She also told my wife and me to bring some of our watercolors, since she knew we were watercolor painters and teachers as well. So once we did our scratches on the boards, we applies the watercolor and then I sprayed a clayboard fixative to her painting and my wife's painting and my painting outside the building. We know have our paintings in a photo picture frame with the glass removed. I will look over this video some more. I have let my wife know about it and will also tell our Carolyn about it as well.
Ron Ridley Hi , yes she is amazing. We will have many more great Artists over time, so I hope you enjoy them all, dont forget to tell other folks about us. This only helps us to keep all of this going for everyone out there, hope all is well, Graeme
I’ve long been looking online and off for a source for “white carbon paper.” I’ve used it at a local gallery/studio, but their supply was 30+ years old and almost used up. Could you please direct me to somewhere I can purchase it, or even a particular brand which produces it?
i just came across this video. i have a hard time finding the scratchboard over here in usa and seems very expensive. so she says in video to go to her website and it will have where to buy. i check on the link but it takes me to some kind of hub with different site. does anyone know how to get to her site. is she still doing art anything google brings up is from 2019 any info would be helpful thank you
Hi Graeme my name is Daniel and i really want to learn to draw like you so i can draw my cat before she passes away. But thats not gonna happen in a couple of years. She is my best friend so to give her the best present i want to draw her as you know already. But to draw her i really need to know where to buy this can you please respond thanks :)
RetroGamer I hope it is not too late. If it is the scratchboard and tools you were referring to, they can be picked up at Michael's, online (like Amazon), or Utrecht. Also, take very good portrait images of your cat (up-close for details, whole body, and any other angles you can think of) so that you can draw later if you don't get to do it live. Also, it's easier with a picture because very few animals can stay quiet long enough to do scratch art. :) Take care.
Yes there is. Any mistakes made on black scraperboard (scratchboard), such as removing too much black ink, can be easily rectified by brushing over the mistake with some Indian ink then permitting it to dry thoroughly before continuing.
Hello Graeme, have you ever been to Los Angeles California (US) and if so have you ever met a fella by the name of Monticello Miller and did you live in Canada in the mid 90´s? Thanks and due keep up the GREAT work!
Hi David, we are hoping to get to LA this year and do some filming. I have had interest from folks in the states and we are on many TV stations over there now. Yes I did live in Canada in the early nineties, Hope all is well, Graeme
She told you at the beginning of the video that you shouldn't put your fingers on the surface because the oils in your skin will mark it. Yet throughout the whole video you touched the surface of every piece - even the one that had the corners covered you managed to grab it with your fingers.
Great episode. Thanks so much for the tips Carolyn. I can't wait to try my hand at scratchboard drawing! It appears that her website (is not the page she intended (www.carolynhenryart.com/) looks like it's been heisted by some unscrupulous baddies. Someone might want to check it out.
Terrific video Graeme Stevenson (Colour in Your Life)! If you all like Melissa and Doug toys, then take a look at this cute new video of their Magnetic Hide and Seek Board: ua-cam.com/video/_AL1wWhhQGA/v-deo.html
I picked up scratchboard after not doing it since highschool. That is some 40 some years ago. Sorry I did not re discover it sooner ! As Carolyn says here , it is very meditative. The only issue I am correcting is knowing when to stop and present better shadowing. Other wise..I will continue to improve and relish in the new/old found medium. Thanks Graeme for bringing Carolyn's work to us . It is beautifully done!!
Thanks Carolyn! this is going to change how I approach scratchboard.
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful demonstration! Thank you.
I love this kind of art work! I have completed 4 pieces now and loved doing them.
Fantastic work. Many thanks!
She is so talented I follow a of artists and she’ll be another one of them so therefore you can’t have too many favourites 🙂
Wonderful to watch you work your magic. Thank you.
Wow I have to give this a go, beautiful work.
Go Carolyn! My gorgeous grade prep friend! So very proud of you!! 😊❤️
love that concept--"etching without chemicals."
and with every mark, you can/do imbue it
amazing work. great show. great art.
+Matt Strader Thanks Matt, Graeme
Love the video. Love scratch board art.
Very nice! I think i'll give it a big try...Thank you very much for sharing :)
I appreciate seeing her different techniques, tools, tactics. Thank you. I found this to be quite informative. -from Bellevue, Idaho, USA
Thats a wonderful comment to make. Thanks so much for watching our channel. We will have a new show for you every week. Tell your friends when you get the chance, thanks again, Graeme
@@ColourinyourlifeAu I'm an emerging Australian artist myself, still in fledgeling stages in Queensland, I love exploring new mediums and various techniques. I stumbled across your channel whilst searching UA-cam and I love how it showcases Australian artists and the various techniques, styles etc. It's so informative. I loved how Carolyn gave such an insight into her amazing works.
So nice!
I’ve been to art galleries and craft fairs. There aren’t many in Maine, US that do the scratchboards. I came across it by accident. No stores around me even sell it. So I’ll be ordering some of the boards. I usually do graphite, so fingers crossed.
Good Morning David and Carolyn. It was great to see this video. We have a Carolyn Henry in Lodi, California just south of the State Capitol of Sacramento. We also gave a workshop on scratch boarding. My wife, Sandy, and I took her class. We used a 5x7 Scartchbord which is already coated with the black ink. My wife and I had gone to Utrecht Art Store in Sacramento, which has merged with Dick Blick Art Stores. They had the tools and the scratchbords. I just did some judging of art work from high school children at the 2nd Annual Teen Community Art and Film Festival at the Laguna Town Hall in Elk Grove, California put on by the Community Service District which is our Park and Recreation Services as well as the Fire Department and some other services. What we judges thought was some pen and ink entries was some scratch boarding. With Carolyn of Lodi class, we did a scene from a beach in Oregon where she took a photograph. She stepped us through developing this landscape as well as what tool to use. She had tools available for us to use, but I had my own. She also told my wife and me to bring some of our watercolors, since she knew we were watercolor painters and teachers as well. So once we did our scratches on the boards, we applies the watercolor and then I sprayed a clayboard fixative to her painting and my wife's painting and my painting outside the building. We know have our paintings in a photo picture frame with the glass removed. I will look over this video some more. I have let my wife know about it and will also tell our Carolyn about it as well.
Ron Ridley Hi , yes she is amazing. We will have many more great Artists over time, so I hope you enjoy them all, dont forget to tell other folks about us. This only helps us to keep all of this going for everyone out there, hope all is well, Graeme
great video..very inspiring!
Thank you.
what kind of paint are you using if I may ask
I’ve long been looking online and off for a source for “white carbon paper.” I’ve used it at a local gallery/studio, but their supply was 30+ years old and almost used up. Could you please direct me to somewhere I can purchase it, or even a particular brand which produces it?
Look up "Saral." It comes in different colors, and less expensive to buy in a roll. It's available at most online art supply stores.
Where can i buy the toolss for this ?
+Carley August you can also make them yourself but you can get it at Michaels if there's one near you
Does anyone know where I can get WHITE CARBON PAPER? I cannot find it anywhere. lol ...and I have searched soo many places.
i just came across this video. i have a hard time finding the scratchboard over here in usa and seems very expensive. so she says in video to go to her website and it will have where to buy. i check on the link but it takes me to some kind of hub with different site.
does anyone know how to get to her site.
is she still doing art
anything google brings up is from 2019
any info would be helpful
thank you
Hi Graeme my name is Daniel and i really want to learn to draw like you so i can draw my cat before she passes away. But thats not gonna happen in a couple of years. She is my best friend so to give her the best present i want to draw her as you know already. But to draw her i really need to know where to buy this can you please respond thanks :)
RetroGamer I hope it is not too late. If it is the scratchboard and tools you were referring to, they can be picked up at Michael's, online (like Amazon), or Utrecht.
Also, take very good portrait images of your cat (up-close for details, whole body, and any other angles you can think of) so that you can draw later if you don't get to do it live. Also, it's easier with a picture because very few animals can stay quiet long enough to do scratch art. :)
Take care.
She’s a lefty! Cool
is there some 'Ctrl+Z' tool in this technique?
Yes there is. Any mistakes made on black scraperboard (scratchboard), such as removing too much black ink, can be easily rectified by brushing over the mistake with some Indian ink then permitting it to dry thoroughly before continuing.
Hello Graeme, have you ever been to Los Angeles California (US) and if so have you ever met a fella by the name of Monticello Miller and did you live in Canada in the mid 90´s? Thanks and due keep up the GREAT work!
Hi David,
we are hoping to get to LA this year and do some filming. I have had interest from folks in the states and we are on many TV stations over there now. Yes I did live in Canada in the early nineties, Hope all is well, Graeme
She told you at the beginning of the video that you shouldn't put your fingers on the surface because the oils in your skin will mark it. Yet throughout the whole video you touched the surface of every piece - even the one that had the corners covered you managed to grab it with your fingers.
Great episode. Thanks so much for the tips Carolyn. I can't wait to try my hand at scratchboard drawing!
It appears that her website (is not the page she intended (www.carolynhenryart.com/) looks like it's been heisted by some unscrupulous baddies. Someone might want to check it out.
Terrific video Graeme Stevenson (Colour in Your Life)! If you all like Melissa and Doug toys, then take a look at this cute new video of their Magnetic Hide and Seek Board: ua-cam.com/video/_AL1wWhhQGA/v-deo.html