I am having a 50% off everything CLEARANCE sale in my Etsy shop from the 27th of April until the 27th of May 2019. I am also keeping last year’s shipping fees even though the price of postage has gone up. Why the sale? I need to make room for new work.
So grab yourself a bargain people, cause when it is gone – it is gone! Click on the link on the side bar to go straight to my shop. Thanks for stopping by!
Leftover Paint – Acrylic on Canvas – 40x50cm (approx. 16×19.5 inches)
I know I talked about using leftover paint many times. I think this is one of the first paintings I have created using leftover paint. I thought I might have posted a photo or did a blog post about it, but I couldn’t find anything to give you a before photo. Anyway, I painted this many years ago and it has been sitting on a dresser, unfinished and unvarnished. I am not even sure if this canvas had an unsuccessful painting on it before I started slapping the paint on. As you can see, there is a lot of texture on the canvas as I must have prepped it with some sort of texture paste beforehand.
I remember just using the leftover paint that I had and then adding more and more until I got the painting above. It isn’t supposed to be anything. I just really liked the colors and how they went together. As I said, this painting was just lying around and I decided to finish it off. Since I first made the painting, I have acquired more products and learned more techniques. So, after painting the sides a deep turquoise, I used glazing liquid and fluid paint to jazz the colors up a bit.
I also gave it an isolation coat and a final coat of varnish which makes it nice and shiny. Here is where it lives now.
Technically, this is the first painting of 2019! 🙂
Sorry I haven’t posted for awhile, but things have been quite hectic on the work and home front. Our little dog became quite ill, although it took a few weeks to work out what was wrong with her. It turns out she has Addison’s Disease, and is now on the mend. It is amazing how a tiny tablet can work magic and turn things around. This is a lifelong condition, but at least it is manageable. I’ve also finished one work contract and started a new one the next day, so no rest for the wicked! The clocks going back don’t help either. Instead of waking up at 5am I wake up at 4am. It seems my body clock only requires 6 hrs of sleep a night and a nap in the afternoon. Unfortunately naps are not allowed at work!
Weekends have been about catching up with chores, dogs and husband. If I can find some time, I try to get some arty things going. I did make some Christmas cards with the gel plate as I found some more blank cards lurking around. I will show them to you when I’m ready to send them out. I have also been doing a bit of prep on some cradled panels, A3 size. They needed 3 coats of gesso. I also started a small painting in some vibrant colors inspired by my duvet cover. 😉
I thought I would show you my WIP. Here we go:
Green Stripes – Acrylic and collage on Canvas Board – 10×12 inches
This reminds me of patchwork fields. I still think it needs something, but not sure what, so I have put it aside for now. This is what I did with the leftover paint on another 10×12 inch canvas board.
I am afraid to do anything with this as I really like the softness of the stripes, so I am leaving this one also. By the way, I try to have something to wipe my brushes on such as a spare canvas, panel or even paper for collage. This way you don’t waste paint and you can start a great underpainting for your next master piece. Who knows, your leftover paint could become a masterpiece in its own right!
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