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Smoke Art - A new technique in the medium of 'fumage'
By Caroline North
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2021
About this lesson
Profiles an artist's fumage process: a light pencil sketch, pastel added to key areas like eyes, then candle soot deposited gradually over the surface using feathers, sponges and cocktail sticks for texture, with an eraser used afterward to pull out highlights.
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