Now that my BIG show is over (it was great!)--I have some time to get out my paint and play! So a little step-by-step of my latest painting.
The first thing I did was take one of my canvases in my favorite size (12 x 24) and put papers on it--
There's 2 reasons why I do this--first, even though this pretty much gets covered up, I like the texture it gives when you paint over it, and 2nd, I'm not a big fan of painting directly on to a canvas. I prefer to work on a smoother surface.
And then I got out my paints--
....just started laying paint down using my brush, and you see the brayer, and texture tool--whatever I was in the mood for at the time---I never have a plan at this stage.
Next--was adding layers with these--
You can rub as much or as little away as you want--I was able to bring back some of my collage that I started with at the very beginning of the piece.
And this time, instead of wasting my extra paint, which I have a bad habit of doing, I had a little 8 x 8 canvas by my side for the leftover paint--
--the start of another painting!
Next--was adding layers with these--
It's always a little hard to know when to stop--because there's never an end, but I decided that it was time to paint my poppies--I knew from the start that I wanted to paint these--
I kept working on the background too--I wasn't quite happy with it--adding and taking away color until I was happy. A great technique to get rid of paint is with plain old rubbing alcohol (91%)--
And this time, instead of wasting my extra paint, which I have a bad habit of doing, I had a little 8 x 8 canvas by my side for the leftover paint--
--the start of another painting!