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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #36: This is a sneak preview of part of a origami flexicube that I’ll be sending off to an exhibition next month: it’s part of a skink’s head. I began with Permanent Masking Fluid to save the white lines; after it dried, I painted the ground with a mixture of Daniel Smith’s PRIMATEK mineral pigments and Granulation Medium. Next I painted the skink and used a damp piece of sponge to remove some of the paint from the white lines. The last step was adding stippling with a black Pitt pen.

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #35: I began by using plastic wrap to apply a little gesso for a slight texture; after it dried, I added a layer  of diluted yellow acrylic ink. All the other colors came out of one tube of paint – Daniel Smith’s Serpentine Genuine, one of their PRIMATEK mineral pigments. I also added some Granulation Medium for more texture.

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #34: This is an experiment with ice painting, which I did during our frigid February. I first learned of this technique from an article about Kathleen Conover; find out more here: http://www.kathleenconover.com/signaturetechniques.html