another play result - in progress

This is just a beginning - full sheet watercolour paper - using acrylics and texturing devices: saran, bubble wrap, wax paper and plastic mat. Now I need to sort out shapes and balance the textures. Also, this will need a value plan to create movement thru the piece. The inspiration was Pat Dew's video "Creative Discoveries in Watermedia".

play days

This is 12x 12 acrylic on paper which I will later mount on canvas. Another for the "cycles" group - this started with a gessoed surface and texture stamps with further work on the circles so that there are both positive and negative shapes flowing through the whole.

cycles 3

Another in the "cycles" series I've fallen into, this one took a bit longer to resolve but I'm fairly satisfied with it now. It had been sitting since Monday and I went back to it at 10:30 last night just to think but instead a "what if I try ...?" moment turned into a resolution! Yah!

"cycles" continued

I started another 4 paintings based on the one from last week. I kept to the 12" square format but altered the starting surfaces. Some had gesso on them already and I added wax scribble/line to all 4. I laid the colours in, in a circular pattern and enhanced them with textures. When the washes dried, I randomly used GAC over the top of the colour and when that dried - bumped up the contrast with darker colours. This one is a success!

play time

I was finishing up some of the earlier paintings I've posted and decided I wanted to play a bit. Having just been on the CWMF site, I was thinking about the various experiments I had done in Mary Todd Beam's workshops.
This is acrylic and wax crayon on 11" x 11" watercolour paper.
I stamped some various textures into this as I worked. I had intended to do some graphite lines as well - had started then decided to erase some - low and behold, the wax lines re emerged! They had become very subdued after the paint and stamping. I'm letting it sit for a bit to see if I think it needs anything more.

fun!

I was playing with my computer (iMac) and its' photo booth - there are all sorts of options for ways to play with your image - you take a photo of yourself! Andy Warhol would enjoy these.

again with the flowers

another not so spontaneous attemp at loose flora - this one did NOT flow off the brush - it took about 8 hours to get it to this point and I still am not totally thrilled with it - but at least I'm painting!
16 x 20 acrylic on canvas