Diane Culhane's online workshop, “Paint Your Garden” that is.
Currently I am working on some assignments that I made up for myself and I will
share them upon completion :-)
However, to catch up on what has been going on… I have been
working toward my goal of freer
expression in this medium, and I have been having fun taking chances, letting go and
enjoying the characteristics of the paint.
One of last week’s assignments was a continuation of
creating mostly visual texture by way of frottage, blown blots and splattering
- fun and messy. The different
techniques Diane has been teaching build on themselves; the layering, the techniques
of masking and sgraffito (love sgraffito) combine with the newer ones and, voilà, a menu of texturing options.
Here are the vignettes:
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| Masking is key. |
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| The triangles at the bottom appeal to me... |
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| A fav - because of the semi-opaque layers and the dots (!) |
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| This one is different. I sort of followed the paint. |
I love it when I can hardly wait to get into my studio and begin :-)
