Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Blue Abstract



15x11 acrylics

I have been trying to experiment using a comb with acrylics. I had some trouble finding a comb, but I finally found one.I used watercolor paper and gave it a few washes in watercolor and then in acrylics, both undilited and diluted. This was done after spread modeling paste over the original washes. After that, I ran a comb through the washes while wet both horizontally and vertically. I then ran the comb through again after drying it a little and got the white specs. I completed the painting by adding touches of color to the spot of interest.

5 comments:

  1. That is YOU...A real nice technique. Yellow color add to the beauty of this painting!

    Free Hand Madhubani Painting

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  2. I love this! I am reminded of colored glass bottles bobbing in the ocean. What a nice image!

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  3. Wow! This is great! Glad you found that comb! Wonderful texture and a lovely study in blue! You go Girl!

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  4. Thank you ladies. I enjoy these abstracts a lot. The process is the fun. Also seing that everyone sees something different. Silvia

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