May 9, 2013

Gelato Anyone?

GELATOS by Faber Castell...creamy, dreamy tubes of color. Cleverly packaged. Oh so pretty. Affordable priced. Sort of like an oil pastel, but they will move with water. So, it’s a two-fer!

I always want to push color mediums out of their comfort zone, so these little stinkin’ tubes of lovely let me make all kinds of messes. 36 colors and they work beautifully on paper, canvas, wood and more.

I decided to take a few minutes and put a little wonky drawing together using just the Gelatos. Just play with them wet and dry to see if I could get the color to pop. And… Whoosh! I had a blast all in little under an hour.

Click on the pics to see the wonky doodle bird come to life. Tips and tricks about the Gelatos along the way.

Gelatos = Super fun, affordable, rich color goodness. Enjoy the wonky bird 🙂

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9 Responses

Michaela Rosenberger says:

11/22/2015 at 1:00 pm

I saw these the other day, and was curious. Thank you for showing the possibilities. I love your wonky little bird! Michaela
Heather says:

05/17/2013 at 3:36 pm

this is awesome and sooo helpful!
you know I had been looking for this…keep it coming!!
Thanks for sharing.
1. Lisa Hetrick says:
  
  05/17/2013 at 4:46 pm
  
  Thanks Heather… there is more a comin’ for sure 🙂
Laurie says:

05/09/2013 at 3:32 pm

Awesome, just..yupp that’s the word, AWESOME! Is the black detailing also gelato or did you use another type of pen?
1. Lisa Hetrick says:
  
  05/09/2013 at 7:06 pm
  
  Hi Laurie, I use a Pentel Awash pen. It’s like a waterbrush filled with black india ink. It’s is the SHIZZ, I tell you. I’ll post a little something about it.
Laura G.Turcotte says:

05/09/2013 at 8:47 am

Love it!!! These are definitely on my wish list! Thanks for sharing.
1. Lisa Hetrick says:
  
  05/09/2013 at 7:06 pm
  
  You are so welcome Laura. Thanks for stopping in.
Ava Gavloski says:

05/09/2013 at 8:44 am

lovely blending on this art work, your penmanship makes me so happy
1. Lisa Hetrick says:
  
  05/09/2013 at 7:07 pm
  
  Ava, that is so super sweet of you to say! Thanks for stopping by.