Monthly Archives: October 2009

More on Tyvek

Here’s another small piece on Tyvek. A really fun surface to paint on. This was done with Acrylic ink–the first background layer was watered down considerably, allowing it to bead up. The gold was regular acrylic paint. “Flutterby” – Acrylic … Continue reading

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Painting on Tyvek

Finally broke down and bought a roll of Tyvek–it’s a High Density Polyethylene sandwich with fiberglass fibers in the center, and used in building construction. It’s very thin and light weight, but easily supports a heavy load of acrylic paint. … Continue reading

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Caught

Finally got a good picture of my last painting I was working on. You’ll notice there are lots of changes. And, looking at it in small format, I think there’s one more change I’m going to make–that yellow hooked shape … Continue reading

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Outdoor Start – Current Project

Well, a couple days ago we had just beautiful weather–near 70 in the afternoon, so I got my spinner out. I had a prepared sheet of Yupo ready to go for my newest ideas on using Yupo. This picture of … Continue reading

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Exercise 4 Posting

It’s that time–exercise 4. And a little difficult to interpret and get results that were visually exciting and interesting. It’s difficult to see the scribbles, but they’re there but I don’t think they add anything to the overall effect. They … Continue reading

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Painting on Tyvek

Tyvek is an interesting synthetic surface–another very strong piece like Yupo. It’s used for making strong envelopes, and it’s main use is in home construction, as it forms a wind barrier around a house. It’s quite expensive, because it’s available … Continue reading

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Art Hop tonight

Was in the Art Hop in Paw Paw tonight, and this little girl was the hit of my show. Everybody liked her and one person saw it and wanted to buy it, but I had  ’nfs’ written on the name … Continue reading

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New Pictures of Paint-Along Exercise #3

Just got some painting scans from Judy, so here they are; Good going Judy

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Paint-Along, #3

My, how time flies. Here’s the available paintings from exercise 3. And, welcome to Irene who has joined us to paint along. First part A of exercise 3. Merle’s 3A – 15×11″ Acrylic on paper

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