Tempest

Tempest

12" x 12" 

 Contact Linda at studioabsee@yahoo.com for price and details

I never tire of creating water inspired compositions.  I was much influenced by the waters swirling beside the ship when I took a transatlantic cruise to Europe.   Nineteen lovely days of watching the ship create everchanging swirls as it glided along its ocean path. 

For this composition I combined iridescent paints with less iridescent ones for contrast.  When white gesso is added, some of the iridescence is lost but you can create a wide variety of tints using only one or two acrylic colors.

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Directions to create a similar canvas:

Materials: 

12" x 12" canvas 

gesso

fine sandpaper

masking tape

glue (I used E-6000)

hologram pape

Colour Arte Silk Acrylic Glaze  :

            (SLK-110 Key Lime and SLK-117 Sky Blue)

brushes

water

glass pebbles

The process:

1.  Cover the canvas with gesso and sand lightly to create a surface that works well with paint.   Masking tape will also adhere well to this substrate. It is not necessary to create a perfectly smoothe surface.  Any imperfections will add to the textural quality of the finished work.

2.  Use masking tape to create a textural background.  I overlapped, twisted, folded and stretched and firmly pressed the masking tape to the canvas.  It is helpful to place a solid surface under the canvas so it will not "give" under the pressure. 

3.  Glue any loose edges of the masking tape to the canvas and let dry.

4.  Paint the entire canvas with SLK-110 Key Lime Colour Arte Silks Acrylic. This color gives a nice shimmery background for a watery composition

5.  Mix a small amount of  SLK-117 Sky Blue Colour Arte Silk Acrylic Glaze with gesso. Or  if you prefer more sparkle combine    Colour Arte's  Primary Elements Artist Pigments with their SLK-Clear Acrylic Glaze  to create your own iridescent color.

Choose areas to paint over and around the original layer of paint. These paints are strong in pigment and controlling the amount of gesso you mix with the paint will give you a variety of blue tints to use on the canvas. For blended edges paint wet paint into wet paint.   For crisper edges let the paint dry between applications.

6.  When the paint is dry, cut hologram paper into teardrop shapes and arrange over  the painted surface.  

7; When you find the composition you desire, glue the paper to the canvas.

8. Glue glass pebbles to the canvas to complete the composition.

9. Date your canvas on the back...this will be important later.  You don't realize how your art is chaning and developing without knowing what you did in the past.

10. Finished! ...Pour yourself a cuppa and invite a friend to admire your work!!!!

Here is another post  that you might enjoy. Combine caulk and acrylic painting techniques with found objects:

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