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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #75:
This is an experiment with cheesecloth and sprayed acrylic paint. First I pulled the fibers apart to make a more varied texture; then I wet the paper, put the cheesecloth on top, and adied blue and yellow Marabu Mixed Media Art Spray. Acrylic ink in a small spray bottle would be a good substitute. Here’s the first attempt:
I lifted off the cheesecloth while it was still wet with paint and pressed it between 2 pieces of paper to get this transfer:
To create a more complex image, I took a class demo that already had some dried acrylic shapes on it and rewet the paper before placing the paint-soaked cheesecloth on top. Next I sprayed more color and also dropped in a little yellow acrylic ink to create more drama. After it dried, I removed the cheesecloth and added a little more color in a few spots; here’s the result again:
This is what it the cheesecloth looked like after it dried:
I first read about about this technique years ago in Maxine Masterfield’s In Harmony with Nature. Now she has a free quarterly newsletter, The Spirit of Experimental Art. She revisited this technique in the August 2018 issue. You can sign up for the newsletter here:
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