“Looking West”
April 15th, 2010 Posted in creating, materials, mediums
I am super excited about my new series of bird paintings that have the common theme of beach side lazing, gazing and just hanging around! I have been using my beloved hard molding paste by Golden, and making the initial quick sketch into the paste before it dries. It is a rare occasion that the first sketch is a keeper, but if it isn’t I use my over-sized palette knife to smooth out the surface and try again, and again, and again…and sometimes again and again before the molding paste dries. I like to carve or draw into the layer of paste with the end of a paintbrush or a pencil, and the end result is a loose feeling painting with a thick textural surface, delicious! It really is so much fun I have gone through a $80 gallon of the pasted in the last 2 months…..now wanting more. So, I am stocked with canvasses and armed with a lovely new medium to satisfy the senses… what more can a girl ask for, um, besides more paste:)
P.S. I know photos never quite do my work justice, but hopefully you can get the feel of the texture of the surface in this afternoons’ sunlight!