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Sharing the lessons I teach at the Artist Guild and the personal discoveries in my art.
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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Different Studies of Pink Tulips


Pink X Two
8x4" oil on canvas
fracturing demo

Artist Note.
I have been experimenting
with painting the tulips 
on different surfaces 
with different media. 
The top one in oil was
a quick demo on 
the fracturing technique.

I used alcohol ink on the one below.
Still a work in process. 
I want to keep it abstract
and am looking forward to 
doing more with it. 
I am still discovering 
what acohol ink can and cannot do.
I enjoy its unpredictability.

X three
 alchohol ink on yupo.

Below is another WIP.
I like working on the 
YES canvas surface.
It takes all types of wet media.
Watercolor lifts off cleanly,
but unlike paper
it feels slightly scratchy 
and has a tooth.

X four.
watercolor on Yes Canvas

I don't know if or when 
I will finish
any of these paintings.
Does it matter?
I enjoy doing them
and like
  having a stash of 
unfinished paintings to 
nibble on when I
feel like it.