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Mystery Technique #152

July 20, 2025 – 9:13 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #151:

I started with an abstract underpainting of diluted acrylic ink. After this layer dried, I masked out tree shapes with clear contact paper and applied loose washes of granulating watercolors with pipettes, mixing the colors wet-in-wet. I also added some Winsor & Newton Granulation Medium to increase the texture.

I let this layer dry, then continued using pipettes to paint the trunks. To create the texture of fine spatters, I rewet parts of the painting and scraped flecks of Inktense Blocks over the wet surface.

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Mystery Technique #141

August 20, 2024 – 7:00 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #140:

Here’s another example of glazing, this time with acrylic inks. First I used a modified bristle brush to selectively wet the paper with irregular strokes of water; then I dropped in diluted magenta, blue and yellow, letting them mix in places to create a range of colors. After this layer dried, I repeated the process 2 more times, sometimes dragging the tip of a pipette through the wet paint to create thin lines. Next I painted any remaining bits of white paper with yellow. The final step was to cut the painting into business cards.

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Mystery Technique #137

April 20, 2024 – 9:22 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #136:

Fun with Claybord continues! First I took a big brush and wet the surface, which created a series of irregular puddle shapes. Next I dropped diluted acrylic ink into the puddles. After the outside edges of the shapes dried, I wiped the liquid paint away from the centers, leaving the darker outlines. I repeated the process several times to create layered transparent shapes.

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