I received an email that makes my over zealous desire to work with eggs a little less so, and so here are some pictures that explain what I mean:
This tree was begun in 1965 with 15 plastic Easter eggs. After a few years they switched to real eggs.....they used the eggs as food first, and in 2010 there were 9,600 eggs on the tree. It takes days to hang and they leave it up 2 weeks before Easter and 1 week after Easter. It is found in Germany!
Well....here is the thing. Eggs have been on my mind for days now and you can tell by looking at my designs. So...... to make it a challenge I tried a totally new concept. I hope you like it!
GingerBee pattern
Clover flower pattern
Sego Lily pattern
I used a micron pen and my Staedtler color pencils. They worked great. Be if you try it be sure to let the micron completely dry. Oh and be sure to wash the egg surface or the pen gets gummed up!
I found that you can smooth the colors with your blending stump and it sort of seals the color to the egg. It gave it a permanence I was really surprised!
It is really hard to get a good photo. Eggs with color have a glare at almost every angle. I couldn't get a photo with the colors not being a bit faded. I also used a raw egg.... I wanted the mass for handling....but alas...it just rolled off the couch. Good-bye to the colored egg!
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