Category Archives: Paintings in Progress
Another Piece of Yupo Saved
This piece I’ve been working on for a few weeks originally started as a painting called “Bear Food.” I didn’t like it too much, and nobody else did, so I gessoed over with black gesso, and mixed it with white … Continue reading
A Total Redo
This is a piece I did in Florida this winter. It was initially a different painting that never worked, so I sprayed it with Metallic Gold Spray paint. Then some black gouache over that, and multiple manipulations. Much of the … Continue reading
New Technique on Spinner
I’ve been trying to use black gouache since taking a workshop from Mark Mehaffey last fall. Decided to try coating the paper first with the gouache and then trying ink on the spinner after coating the paper with the black … Continue reading
Don’t Throw Away Paper
Heavy (300 lb) watercolor paper is too expensive to throw away. I keep working it till I get something I like. This painting is a prime example. Actually it’s on the back of another painting that I didn’t like. I … Continue reading
More Info on Tyvek
Check out my post of December 11 and notice how smooth and nice this painting on Tyvek is. I left it hanging while we were on Holiday this early winter. When we got back the acrylic paint had fully dried … Continue reading
“Kiss” painting
This piece started out as a kiss technique, using FW Acrylic Inks. It really was very nice, but needed some organization, as there was just too much to look at. So, saved the stuff that I liked and pushed back … Continue reading
Latest on Tyvek
Here’s my latest start–on a good sized piece of Tyvek (36×24″). This is using DaVinci Fluid Acrylics. I really like the way they work for this technique, and they seem to dry fairly fast and thin. (Some acrylics using this … Continue reading
More on Tyvek
This is a painting I started a couple weeks ago when the weather was still warm and did some on my spinner. It works fine, and sticks to my slick board just as well or better than Yupo does. It’s … Continue reading
Another Tyvek Work
This is the other piece I started at the same time as the last one (greenish). This was placed on a light canvas cloth and then folded sort of in the center in a compound fold, and I poured diluted … Continue reading
New Large Tyvek starts
When the weather was nice and warm a couple weeks ago, I couldn’t resist not getting out and trying to pour on Tyvek that was cradled in a piece of heavy cloth, and in a large size. Put the cloth … Continue reading