Back from FL, back in the studio.
This piece was begun in early January, I feel as though the balance of the original background panels, image and texture provide the level of interest that was indended.
Had to start something new tonight. The lamp underpainting from before FL got me thinking about how when the panels are combined the variety of color and rendered elements often compete with each other. In this piece I intend to leave the rendered element primarily as an umber drawing and see how that will affect future panel combinations.
About 1 hour of drawing, using the Acrylic Flow Release and Burnt Umber.
You can see the effects of the Flow Release in this detail from the mouth area. The medium makes the paint sloppy and a little gummy, small bubbles appear when worked on the panel vigorously. Although the product didn't mention lenghtening the drying time it certainly does just that which is great as it works a little more like oil and turp allowing you to wipe paint away to create a highlight long after it was applied to the surface.
Cool man, I hadn't heard of the Flow Release stuff, where did you find that? Very cool stuff. Hope the time away was refreshing, it looks like you are already off and running.
ReplyDeleteGood to see. Welcome back
Found the Flow Release at Blick when I was picking up some paint. I had no idea what it was but gave it a shot.
ReplyDeleteOne is supposed to mix 1 part release to 10 parts water. I am using it much more concentrated than that, squeezing some directly onto the paint on the palette and then mixing something closer to 1 part release to 5 parts water. Who knows, the paint may end up falling off someday, but for now it is something fun to play with. I have new images to post that show further work with it.