This second portrait of my rescued cat Jethro illustrates using Scratchbord Inks on a white Claybord™ panel. Each of my nine portraits of Jethro presents a different art medium on a 3.5" x 3.5" Claybord™ Tile, created and manufactured by Ampersand Art Supply. For this painting I made the Claybord into a black surface, very much like Ampersand's Scratchbord™. I did this by applying two coats of "Repair Black," which is included as one of the inks in the set of Scratchbord/Claybord Inks by Ampersand. These inks are water soluable, mix well into a huge range of colors, and dry water-resistant. They also are specially formulated to leave no residue over the black surface of Scratchbord™ (or my clone of a black Scratchbord as in this painting), as other inks tend to do. As I've done so often on the Ampersand panels I love - Claybord, Aquabord, and Scratchbord - I used scratching techniques to depict the fine fur, thick whiskers, and mesmerizing eyes of Jethro.
Read about my upcoming Claybord presentation below.
Claybord Art Tiles are the same white kaolin clay-coated, ultra smooth, highly absorbent surface as original Claybord but in unique small sizes. This surface and size is amazingly versatile, for a variety of painting applications, jewelry making, collage, coasters, magnets, ornaments, scrapbooking, embellishments, and much more! I love Claybord for the unlimited techniques is allows: painting, drawing, etching, erasing, reworking, glueing, stamping, inking, transfering images, applying skins and more!
Claybord 101 Video
My series of portraits of Jethro are featured in a presentation I made in May 2021, titled “Claybord™ - The Ultimate Art Surface.” The 25-minute program is now in video form and you can watch it here, on my Video page.
Learn all about the amazingly versatile Claybord art panel for 2-dimensional art a wide variety of media - watercolor, acrylics, colored pencils, graphite, collage, egg tempera, airbrush, gouache, rubber stamping, alcohol inks, markers, image transfers, acrylic skins, oils and more. It can be used as a printing plate with an etching press, and is ideal for mounting papers and fabrics. You'll see my work on these panels as well as the amazing work, in realistic and abstract styles, by many successful talented artists.
Claybord is available in sizes as large as 4'x6', and the Claybord Art Tiles provide a fun small surface for many creative uses. These tiles are available in ATC (Artist Trading Card) size too, for a unique option to exchange with other artists. Try it yourself!
