Here’s another closeup of my Web of Interbeing. Curious about the techniques used here? You can learn more next month if you’ve signed up for email updates!
ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #102:
The wrinkled plastic technique works so well as a first layer for textures! You can see that here:
I used the ends of these styrofoam pieces as stamping tools to vary the texture and add depth:
Here’s the final result again:
Here’s a closeup of my Web of Interbeing. Curious about how I created the texture of the central tree? You can learn more about the special techniques next month if you’ve signed up for email updates!
ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #101:
Painting on MDF (medium-density fiberboard) for the first time was a fun bonus of doing the bunny for Cheekwood’s Great Spring Art Hop! It was interesting to paint on such a smooth surface; I had to experiment with different tools to figure out a way to hide brushstrokes. After gessoing the surface and letting it dry, I added thin layers of acrylic inks and enough water to create a sense of flow and spontaneity. These pieces of thin styrofoam became my favorite tools to manipulate the paint:
Cutting shapes in some of the edges gave me another way to vary the marks.
Here’s a closeup of the front of my bunny for Cheekwood’s Great Spring Art Hunt on April 2nd and 3rd! You’ll be able to see it in person then if you find its hiding place, although you’ll have a hard time getting this close to it. You can learn what special techniques I used next month if you’ve signed up for email updates!
ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #100:
As you can see below, I cut the dead tree out of a piece of watercolor paper covered with another version of the wrinkled plastic technique; then I scratched in some additional lines and added some shading to create a sense of depth:
For the final step, I rubbed it with sandpaper to get the weathered look of a long-dead snag:
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