January 2013 test paintings

A mixture of testing paint colours, mediums and styles on 4x4-inch canvas panels:

1 - 4 Liquitex Pouring Medium and Jo Sonja Flow Acrylics (pre-mixed) & canvas tilted.

5.  Jo Sonja Flow Acrylics. Base of Warm White with Turquoise Lt (Mix of Pthalo Blue, Pthalo Green and White) squeezed from a squeeze bottle in a circular motion around canvas.

6. Base of Matisse Brilliant Alizarin. Using a painting knife, Matisse Impasto Medium spread across canvas panel. Dried. Covered with Golden Glass Bead Gel. Dried. Painted with Jo Sonja Black.

7. Golden Crackle Paste (bottom left). Left until deep cracks formed (approx. 1 day). Painted with Matisse Ultra Blue (top right) and a watery black glaze brushed into cracks. Dry brushed with Matisse Red Lt.

8. Painted with Matisse Ultra Blue and White (top right) and base of Matisse Red Lt (bottom left) and dry brushed with black.

Abstract - untitled - glazing and textures

Acrylic paint on 4x4 inch (10.2x10.2cm) Mont Marte canvas board

Texture was created using Matisse Impasto Medium (bottom left - shaping with a painting knife and impressing with a plastic lid) and Golden Glass Bead Gel (top right mostly).

Glazes made up of Atelier Traditional Glazing Liquid (gloss) mixed with Matisse Structure acrylics approx. 1:1 were painted in a pleasing design. Cobalt Blue, Cobalt Turquoise and Southern Ocean Blue (1st layer) and several layers of Pathalo Blue, Cerulean Blue and Diox Purple were used. A final thicker (more paint than glazing liquid) was added to a few ridge edges (particularly over the diox purple).

This started out as a test but I really like it so I'm thinking of mounting this on a large square of white board to provide approx. 4 inch (10.2cm) border. I will certainly be painting a larger version too.

Abstract - untitled - glazing and heavy gel

Acrylic paint on 4x4 inch (10.2x10.2cm) Mont Marte canvas board

Glazes made up of Atelier Traditional Glazing Liquid (gloss) mixed with Matisse Structure acrylics approx. 1:1. Diox Purple, Cobalt Teal, and Cobalt Turquoise.

Texture was created using Crafters Workshop Ringlets stencil and Atelier Traditional Heavy Gel (gloss).

A couple of glazes of Diox Purple (and wiped off the high levels).

This started out as a test but I really like it so I'm thinking of mounting this on a large square white board to provide approx. 4 inch (10.2cm) border.

Abstract - untitled - glazing over texture using red/yellow oxides

Acrylic paint on 12x16 inch (30x40cm) stretched canvas

Texture was created using a stencil and moulding paste, Golden Crackle paste, Golden Clear Granular Gel, & Golden Glass Bead Gel. (You can't see the stencil in the finished work but in the close up you can still see the shape of the crackle paste). Matisse Deep Rose Madder was watered down and poured over the canvas, leaving a red stain in places.

 

Glazes made up of Atelier Traditional Glazing Liquid (gloss) mixed with Matisse Structure acrylics approx. 1:1. Paynes Grey, Indigo and Permanent Maroon along the bottom (I should have thinned these much more and I went too dark too early and couldn't get all the colour back in that I wanted).

 

Many layers of glaze followed with Deep Rose Madder, Venetian Red, Transparent Venetian Red, Matisse Red Lt, Yellow Oxide, Transparent Yellow Oxide, Yellow Mid (Azo), and Australian Sienna (reds to the bottom and yellows to the top mostly, but with just a little crossover to unify the colours).

 

I haven't decided if I will layer some more so I will varnish with a thin layer of acrylic gloss in the future to protect it.

 

Close up of texture:

 

 

Abstract "Hidden Lane"

Acrylic paint on 8x8 inch (20x20cm) stretched canvas

This is a reused canvas which has been covered with modelling paste with a painting knife. There are a few ridges and rough spots.

Matisse structure acrylic (naples yellow lt (1st layer only), Australian sienna, red oxide, yellow oxide and burnt umber) mixed with gel medium (approx 1:1) was brushed in two layers of horizontal and vertical lines. It was actually painted up the other way and looked like a 'U'. When I was about to add a 3rd layer I turned it upside down and loved it.

The painting currently hasn't been sealed or varnished, but a coat of satin will probably be added to protect it.

Abstract using plastic bag to mix colours on canvas

Acrylic paint on 8x8 inch (20 x 20cm) stretched canvas

A thin layer of Atelier Interactive acrylic paint (pthalo blue, pthalo turquoise, cobalt turquoise lt, pthalo green and titanium white) was randomly brushed all over the canvas.

When dry, these same colours were placed in globs straight from the tube around the canvas. A sheet of freezer paper was crumpled and then covered the wet paint. I gently pushed all over to mix the colours together. The freezer paper was removed while the paint was still wet leaving a ridged texture all over. The paint was quite thick and a lot came off with the freezer paper.

The painting has been sealed with Atelier Interactive Fast Medium/Fixer.

Looking back at 2012

Just a few of my painting experiments for 2012. A mixture of testing paint, mediums and styles on 4x4-inch canvas panels:

1. Liquitex Pouring Medium and jo sonja flow acrylics (pre-mixed) & canvas tilted.
2. Image printed on tissue paper, jo sonja crackle, glazed with acrylic.
3. Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish mixed with Atelier Interactive paint mixed in squeeze bottles.
4. Golden Clear Tar Gel dribbled and acrylic paint.
5. Atelier Interactive paint and dried with plastic bag pressed into surface.
6. Liquitex Pouring Medium and Jo Sonja flow acrylics mixed with water.
7. Atelier Interactive paint pushed into place with plastic bag.
8. Atelier Interactive moulding paste pressed with cutters, fork and glazed with acrylics.
9. Liquitex Pouring Medium and Jo Sonja flow acrylics (pre-mixed) & canvas tilted.
10. Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish & Golden Fluid acrylics. Knife used to spread paint and then canvas tilted.
11. Testing Matisse Structure acrylics.
12. Circles made with Golden Crackle medium and painted.
13. Liquitex Pouring Medium and Matisse Structure (deep rose madder) and Flow (Australian sienna) acrylics.
14. Abstract Geometric painting style.
15. Golden Crackle medium and glazed with brown.
16. Jo Sonja Crackle. ATC stamped and Liquitex Pouring medium.