Faux Encaustic Experiments

Faux Encaustic Experiments using Acrylic Gel Medium

Substrate:  Mont Marte 4x4 inch10 x 10cm Canvas Panel.

Painting: Layers of Gel Medium (Chromacryl Impasto Gel (Paintings 1 & 2 - 2 on left) & Matisse Gel Gloss (painting 3 - right) mixed with small amounts of acrylic paint and applied with a painting knife directly or through a stencil (Painting 1). Each layer had to dry before the next layer was applied to create the visual colour mixing effect.
Matisse Gel Med (Matt Finish) was applied with a painting knife to Painting 1. I think this covered too much, so the other paintings are finished with two coats of Atelier Traditional Satin Finish Varnish.

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.

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.