Pages 5 & 6: Micaceous Iron Oxide with Prismacolor Colored Pencils

Self Portrait Pages 5 & 6. Colored Pencil & Micaceous Iron Oxide. Steve Franklin, 2015.

Here is a spread of two pages.  I started with a coat of white acrylic gesso then I brushed on a thin coat of Golden Fluid Acrylic Micaceous Iron Oxide.  The idea was to create a surface with a tooth onto which I colored a self portrait using Prismacolors.  Some people tell me this page looks creepy. Once dry, the micaceous iron oxide layer made the surface feel like fine sandpaper. (Has anyone tried to draw with colored pencils onto sandpaper?)