I worked on two paintings tonight. These paintings are the ones I worked on a few days ago. You can see an earlier version here.
The one below is my “repaired canvas” from the other day. I sense that the word “repair” might be part of its message when it’s all done.
I covered the modeling paste with oil pastels in this painting, but not in the second one. I’m going to compare to see which look I like better.
The colors are a bit dark for my taste in parts of it so I might add more oil pastels in lighter colors which I like to melt with a blow dryer or heat gun, or I might add more collage papers. I do love my layers!!!
The texture of the oil pastels on the modeling paste is pretty cool. I like that look. However, the contrast of the white in the second painting might look good, too.
I did the second painting below in the same way. I used pouring fluid, which I spread out all over the canvas, and then I added drops of acrylic inks, then swirled with a small paint brush. Usually, I want more of a transparent look, and I will mix one or a few drops of acrylic ink in the entire bottle. I will do 4 bottles this way and then squirt them out on the canvas and swirl it around. However, today, I was tired. It’s easier and faster to do it straight on the canvas, but the colors will be darker and more bold. So it kind of depends on what look you like. I like the bold look, too.
When the pouring mixes dry, I like to add self- leveling gel to even things out a bit, then I will go on to more layers, refining it until I get a look I like. The pouring mixes can take a day to dry if I apply a light coat, and weeks to dry if it is very heavy. The self-leveling gel will take a day to dry, as well. It dries very glossy and makes it look as though the items were embedded in a sea of glass.
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