A Still Li....(small still life!)

Hello All,

I am still trying to learn to drive a paint brush. I suspect it will take quite

some time.

However, I managed to paint this

Its actually a bit more colourful than this in real life but I lost track of time and

it is later than I thought, so had to photograph in artificial light.

It is only 8" x 8" ,  so it probably does not qualify as a whole still life!

And I know it is supposed to be fruit etc, but I am on a chocolate biscuit diet

at the moment :)

Bye for now, P.

A Trio of Textures....

Good Evening,

It's been all gesso and paint today. Managed to remember to put an apron

on about halfway through the proceedings, so am now picking the white

smudges off my jumper while watching Midsomer Murders.

Playing with texture effects again, trying to be landscapey, but not representative.

A bit of collage, some texture gel and acrylic paint.

It's really good, acrylic paint, because when you get it wrong (and I did!), you

can paint over it all with more gesso and try again :)

This one is supposed to be sky.

I think I am getting a bit nearer.

Will try again tomorrow. P.

Making a Paint Chart....

Hello again,

I don't know why I didn't think of it before. I have a basket full of tubes of

acrylic paint, and I really had no idea what most of the colours are really

like....... all jumbled up, and the colours on the labels are not true representations.

So this afternoon I made a colour chart, just splotches on a strip of watercolour

paper, with the names next to them.

And it's SO useful, as I found out when I made two more textured backgrounds.

You can even visualise how the colours will go together and react in a colour

scheme. I will get so much use out of this.

I am really pleased with these :)  Now I have to work out where to go from here.

Bye for now, P.

Texture and Colour.....the experiments.

Hello All,

Today, as promised, I took some time to experiment with paint.

I have little experience with acrylics in actual painting, yes I have

used them many times for crafting projects.

I created texture with matt medium and various random tools...

I really haven't got it yet..... but the point is to learn how to do something different.

And I really wasn't blessed with patience. If you don't let things dry properly in

between stages, the texture medium lifts, and you get muddy colours, at least I

learned that much!

Remember the textured canvas from yesterday?

I like this a bit better, the semi transparent layers are less muddy.....Golden High

Flow Acrylics.... not used them before but will continue to do so.

Turning up some curtains tomorrow.... must avoid paint :/

Have a good evening.... P.