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MUTANT, A COLLAGE PAINTING IN MEMORY OF PLAGUE VICTIMS

I'm mad as hell about it, hate that 100,000 Americans could die from Covid-19, and countless others have already lost their lives in the pandemic.  I'm in sorrow, sheltering in place & hoping you are staying safe.

This artwork began on a vintage anatomy chart. 

It was a canvas-like scroll with rods at top and bottom.

I'll show some steps and techniques below. 

Original old medical chart.

Because the virus is rough, I added texture in places.

I didn't want the original warm tones of the figure (they were too pleasant), 
so I made a Dioxazine purple glaze. But I didn't like that either! So I went blue.

A cool blue wash (acrylics & water) for some of the

background, too, and white too. But I also wanted visual texture.

PAINTING TIP: Open a packet of de-oxidizer, desiccant or silica gel (sometimes found

in new shoeboxes). I sprinkled those tiny pebbles into the wet paint

and got a cool effect!

Close-up of part of the painting and collage elements.

I painted a cut-off tree trunk to symbolize all the lives cut short.

I collaged a cut-out eye, heart, and 3 birds into the piece. 

Owls and ravens are symbolic, too, of course.  

21" x 5.5'

Detail of ravens.

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Glossy acrylic, 9 x 12 x 2"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oils, 9 x 12 1", "The Bridge"

Primary colors, very Mondrian-like. Oils. 9 x 12 x 1"

These paintings are all cradled, 

with good quality materials, and the design for each

does carry over the sides, so they are ready for hanging. 

 

MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE - PAINTING ON CANVAS

I WOULD LOVE A NIFTY TITLE FOR THIS NON-OBJECTIVE WORK.

GOT A TITLE SUGGESTION 

FOR THIS NEW, MIXED-MEDIA WORK?

STEP-BY-STEP FROM SKETCH TO FINISHED PROJECT

MY ORIGINAL SKETCH...I thought it would be horizontal!

I wanted a limited color scheme of cream, light and dark gray, and cool red in a variety of values. I used acrylic paint, textured papers, my own decorated papers and more.

The photo shown below is in progress.  I goofed by leaving a very dark area in the center.

At this point I hadn't yet decided to finish the piece as if it would hang vertically.

The finished work.

Note (above) the several small, brighter accents as focal points. 

Please comment if you have a good idea for a name for this. 

Or if you like it!   THANKS!

HOW TO PAINT A TIE-DYE EFFECT ON CANVAS SHOES

PAINTING FOOTWEAR WITH A SPLASHY TECHNIQUE

 

Look closely to find where I forgot to remove some tape before taking the photo.

MATERIALS:

Shoes
Tape (masking)

Water

Brushes

Fluid acrylics

A palette

A flow aid (optional)

I used inexpensive canvas tennies (trainers? sneakers?) in white, 

but any light color will work.

First, tuck the laces inside the shoes.

Tape off the outsole if you don't want to get paint on it.

 

For a soft, tie-dyed effect, wet the canvas first with clear water 

(I used a clean paint brush).

 I applied the acrylics (mixed with a flow aid) with the tips of
brushes, working quickly before the canvas dried.

 When I was done, I upended the shoes onto heavy tumblers

and let them dry thoroughly.

I hope this has inspired you to try your own fancy footwork!

DID YOU MAKE A MISTAKE? 2 TIPS FOR REMOVING IT.

 FIX YOUR GOOFS!

HOW TO CLEAR DRY ACRYLIC PAINT FROM AN AREA

(TWO POINTERS TO HELP CLEAN  UP AN ERROR IN YOUR PAINTING)

Yes, you can cover mistakes with gesso or collaged materials. 

But here are two reminders of other techniques for different effects.

TIP #1: Sandpaper! See photo above.

It removed dry acrylic paint quite easily.

TIP #2: Pour on some rubbing alcohol and let it sit awhile.

Then rub with a dry cloth. See lighter areas above.

Thanks for viewing.

 

ABSTRACT COLLAGE - PAINTING with TERRIFIC TEXTURE

ROCK, PEBBLES, SAND

...and Water!

Neutrals rule! I've always liked neutrals: tans, beiges, cream, ivory, white, Payne's gray, brown, khaki colors, rust, warm stone colors. In clothes, shoes, art, and more.

Neutrals, or natural colors, are not bold or vivid ones. They can be light, medium & dark, & of course you want a contrasting combo of values in your work. 

Texture is an art element I'm fond of, too. Some areas were made more textural with handmade, ridged art paper adhered to the surface.

TIP: If any of you wonderful readers plan to work with heavy texture, DO use a board: if not an actual wooden or Masonite board, then at least a canvas panel. You need a stronger support than a stretched canvas!

I wanted an abstracted effect of clean, clear water over rounded pebbles or river rock. Wet stones are the most beautiful!

Close-up detail

The clear or frosted beads are called river pebbles, glass gems, or even fire pit pebbles. I found a mixed bag for cheap at the thrift shop: some translucent, some opaque, even some iridescent.

My original sketch for the artwork.

DecoArt also makes Sandstone Textured Acrylics, which I employed in a brown, a tweed, and their Terra Cotta (in the Grand Canyon color). Burnt Sienna & Van Dyke Brown acrylic paint were dabbed, stippled, & rubbed selectively to get a stone effect.

 
For an abstract stream, I first thought of ModPodge.
It's self-leveling, so I needed barriers to hold in
the very fluid medium. To form "walls" to prevent
the runny ModPodge from going everywhere, I
used DecoArt Texture Stucco (see the white line below).

Unfinished. Detail. The white you see is actually a short barricade to hold in the fluid medium.

The finished artwork.

Spattering would be good for a rock-like effect, too. Can you spot the fine, dark lines as well? I always enjoy a bit of mark-making!

With this abstract acrylic painting with collaged elements, I set out originally to  use ONLY neutrals, but decided the brighter orange was necessary. I think it contrasts nicely with the (complementary) blue-gray areas. More contrast is seen in the smoother, shinier areas versus the matte. The entire piece turned out warmer than my original concept. But then I always love rich, bright color, don't you?

FROM A MIXED MEDIA IDEA TO AN ACRYLIC PAINTING

Don't you love a brand new, snow white canvas? Especially when it's stretched, primed, and deep! I've read that all that whiteness is intimidating to some, but it inspires me to try something different. 

I wanted to do a cityscape for a change, 

but my grand idea flopped.

I had planned this artwork as a collage/painting 

with lots of interesting artsy papers combined with

a very wet, blended sky. I thought the watery acrylics 

would contrast nicely with the hard edges of cut paper pieces.

I  used dioxazine purple, Quinacridone Violet, Indian 

Yellow, Titanium White, & a few other colors that I 

mixed from leftover acrylic paint I had on hand. I 

liked the idea of a complementary color scheme...

& purple is the complement of yellow. (Also, 

yellow-green is the opposite of red-violet!) 

To enhance the wet-on-wet effect, I used a floating medium.

Flow release medium works much the same way.

I extended paint to the sides too.

Art ideas can change as you go along.

Yep, I had cut a variety of textured

and painted papers, but as I arranged

them on the canvas I realized that

they were too precise and perfect for my

"messy," loose, freely painted portions. 

I painted the buildings & more, including a   

few shadows, and then stamped in lines,  

shapes, & textures. See below,
though I want to do more to it.  

   

   I hope you'll try a cityscape if you haven't

   already. If you want to create a collage that's

   not too tight and hard-edged, 

   consider torn papers. 

 

 

PAINTERS: HIE THEE TO A DOLLAR STORE!

Cheap and plastic, yes, but thrifty!

Save paint in these containers...they have lids!

And the painting knives would be great for kids.

(Kids don't always clean their tools properly.)

And you get three knives to a package! 

Mixed media artist could use these so often!

Dollar Tree or Dollar General, I don't recall, but well worth a trip!

Make Your Own Animal Print Sneakers (& More!)

ACRYLIC PAINT and INEXPENSIVE WHITE TENNIES = EASY COW-PRINT SHOES

 I'm seeing a lot of cool athletic shoes, dressier ones too, with zebra, leopard, and other prints. So this idea came to me to embellish plain white canvas shoes with black acrylic paint. 

I used a ratty, stiff old brush to create the effect of animal hairs.

 
 Four years ago I posted several other, similar ideas. See below. 

Splat!

I used a sponge dauber, of course.

Thanks for viewing this craftsy post. Please check in again for a step-by-step tutorial on an assemblage!

FLUID ART, POURED PAINT, FUN TECHNIQUE

I tried pour painting for the first time!

If you haven't used this technique before, study up on it first. I'm always jumping in head first and I also experiment, a lot. So my first two results, below, are mixed, but I did enjoy the effort.

Here are some of the materials you'll need:

• Canvas surface and acrylic paints
• White gesso
• Plastic or rubber gloves
• Paint pouring medium
• Silicone oil (a medium that helps make "cells," which are soooo cool!
• Plastic cups with lids to keep paint wet
• Craft sticks for mixing
• Squeeze bottles for more pour control (optional)
• Paint brushes to touch up and embellish pours
• Plastic drop cloths (or many, many layers of newspapers or butcher paper) 

Set your canvas on a jar to raise it up.

I used cobalt blue, a yellow-green, and a metallic blue-green for my first pour. I also substituted some pure pigment medium for some of the pricey pouring medium, in the spirit of exploration. (It's a Createx transparent base.) I had to add water, too, so the mixture would be thin enough. The pouring paint must not be too thick!!! 

My first finished fluid art.

Again, with my tendency to NOT follow rules, I added some Createx extender

to the second attempt, and even used an old, painted canvas as my base,

rather than a new, gessoed canvas. 

I also added  "Cell Magic" (silicone oil).

The heat I added didn't create cells, but I like the crackle effect.

 I do recommend that you read other instructions

 and see some videos if you are serious about trying this painting effect. 

Thanks for viewing this post. I always appreciate followers of this blog. 

Paula
 

NEW COLLAGE - PAINTING step-by-step

Learn how I created a mixed-media artwork in sequence!

I began with a used canvas, barely gessoed with thin, watery white gesso so the unwanted painting below would show through somewhat.

Rough blocking out of the lowest and highest values is always a good idea, at least for me. You can always change your mind later, but this gave me an idea of my layout.

Step 1

Next, I mixed a blue-gray acrylic paint and applied mid-tones. 

Pointer: Always strive for balance, even at an early stage.

Step 2, some mid-tones added.

 Then, collaged papers and text, and a small, real feather.        

I also stamped pattern to create a few bright accents.        

Petroleum jelly can be applied selectively (I used streaks) 

to protect previously-painted areas. Make sure that the   

paint is dry before you apply the resist (the petroleum   

jelly). Then paint over that with a contrasting color.   

Let THAT paint dry, then wipe off. A really cool effect!

    

THIS FINISHED WORK, BELOW, IS DONE IN A TRIADIC, PRIMARY COLOR SCHEME.

"Temporary," by yours truly, Paula G.

Thanks for viewing this post! I appreciate it.

 

Wide Acrylic Painting with Several Techniques

I HAD A WIDE CANVAS

and wanted to paint over the previous work.

 

First I did a quick, light wash over most of the unwanted painting with diluted white gesso.

 

 

 

 

 

When dry, I painted thick swatches of paint as shown below.

Work quickly now!

 I used Pthalo blue and burnt sienna liquid

airbrush colors, fluid transparent

 Pyrrole Orange, and a couple other

purple and blue colors.

 

Next, before the paints could dry, I used a spray bottle of water, and tilted the canvas to encourage blending and running.

Blue and orange are complements.



Painting techniques that might enhance this piece are spattering, blown ink lines, and/or freehand mark-making.