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Showing posts with label experiments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label experiments. Show all posts
Sunday, March 6, 2011

NO GRASS GROWING UNDER MY FEET!

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I am working on my Kanuga presentation.  I am thinking I will collage a drawing onto the altered surface and then paint from there.  I am tr...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

CHEAP JOE'S NEW WATERCOLOR STICKS TRY OUT!

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My order for the compete set of Watercolor Sticks from Cheap Joe's has been on backorder for about 6 months!  They finally arrived today...
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Sunday, December 6, 2009

MORE PHOTO PAPER PAINTINGS

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The above images are the result of todays efforts. They are in the order of my happiness with the results, not in the order they were creat...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

FINAL TWO STEPS

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Here are the last two stages to complete this painting. I added white acrylic to the bleached painting, then started glazing and painting o...
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Friday, November 6, 2009

2ND BLEACH PAINTING EXPERIMENT

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After completing the first bleach painting, I wondered what would happen if I used different dilutions of ink and bleach. That's what t...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

EXCITING NEW TECHNIQUE!!!

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I found a very interesting book at the library called "Painting without a Brush" by David Ferry. Printed in 1991, it is still ava...
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Friday, October 3, 2008

FRENCHMAN: JOURNAL ENTRY W/ COLLAGE PAPERS

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I awoke this morning and looked at my little paintings from yesterday. Surprise! The color had faded over night sitting on my desk. I gue...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008

THE MAGIC BLUE FOAM!

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Yesterday the weather was gorgeous and my two friends and I had a date to go see the Frida Kahlo exhibit in San Francisco. We drove to the ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

NEW PAINTING: THE PLANNING STAGES

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I dislike this drawing so much I almost decided not to post it. However, it serves it purpose so I put vanity aside. I have an idea I am e...
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Monday, July 21, 2008

EVALUATING THE EXPERIMENTS

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I'm working on these small paintings a few minutes here and there around all the minutia of my day. I am getting anxious to spend consi...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

FURTHER EXPERIMENTATION!

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Today was a lot of fun playing around with texture ideas. I wanted to stamp into thick gesso. Unfortunately, the only gesso that comes rea...
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Friday, July 18, 2008

THE ARTIST'S CONSTANT DILEMMA!

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So, here is the painting after another session. Is it finished? Ah, the constant dilemma....when to quit. It seems we can't stop fidd...
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Monday, May 26, 2008

EXPERIMENTAL PAINTING FAILURE

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This is a painting I have been playing with the past several days. I tried to paint watercolor on a regular canvas. I thought because it w...
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