More than a month has passed since my last post, how useless am I??
As promised, my experiments first. I decided to try to use some of the paper which was otherwise wasted on my failed paintings, so I obliterated one disaster with gesso and set to work with more watercolour. It's a great exercise in loosening up and it was fun!
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| Mellow Yellow - Watercolour on Gesso, 15" x 11" | | | | | |
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| Gesso allows you to build up texture and you can also lift pigment right back to the white of the gesso so if you don't like something, just wet it and lift off! It's not something I'll do every day, but as a fun exercise it's well worth trying occasionally. |
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14 comments:
Hi Ruth. I'm new to your blog and after reading your post I was wondering if you have tried the new Daniel Smith Watercolor Ground yet. I love using it on canvas. Your work is beautiful! Inspiring.
Hi Toni, thanks for your message. I haven't tried it, how successful is it on canvas, and do you have to varnish the painting afterwards? It does sound interesting.
Hi, Ruth,
Welcome back!! The work is beautiful. Thank you for sharing the interesting tech on gesso. Keep up!
Cheers, Sadami
Incredible lighting - fantastic
herrliches bild, strahlend die farbe, richtig schöner frühlingsgruß
nice weekend for you
maria
Welcome back Ruth! Love the look you get with painting on gesso, I didn't even know that was possible! These flowers are so lovely. :)
Hello Ruth:) I can see that this painting was fun for you! It's so bright and shiny. Great job. Have a nice weekend!
Hola Ruth. Realizas una acuarelas preciosas. Estaré atenta a tus nuevas creaciones. Saludos cordiales.
"how useless are you?"
well, I would have to say...pretty darn useless!! :P
just kidding Ruth - looks like you have been creating and that is always good. painting watercolour on Gesso has been on my to-do list - this daff looks terrific!!
any progress on the altered books? I have been dying of curiosity over here....
Love those daffs. Beautiful work!
Thanks everyone, sometimes the experiments work, others not!!!
Em!!! I've been admiring your blog and wishing I could do the things you do! I would say that the learning curve on altered books is going to be long and steep, with me slipping back down regularly. I've tried gel transfers with limited success, but my biggest problem is letting go and letting my imagination take over. I'll keep dipping into it when time allows but don't expect any amazing pages for a while....
Just tooo beautiful!
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