Tag Archives: Acrylic

Loving playing around with Portraits …

Graphite  drawing on Hot Press Paper, the eyes I have coloured using Water Coloured Pencils

Graphite - Portrait

Acrylic on Hot Press Paper

In the Park - Acrylic on hot press paper

 

 

Portraits – How I see … What I paint ….

Here I have posted portraits that I have based people or portraits that have been done before….

1) This portrait was inspired by my visit to the Louvre … I love anything to do with Egypt ! not sure why I am so fixated with Egypt but I love anything Egyptian ….

So this portrait I have created was inspired by a wax painting on wood ,Funerary portrait of a young woman known as “Portrait of the Faiyum”

I have painted this on Hot Press Paper using Golden Acrylic Paint.

Portrait of the Faiyum

Funky Portraits

I have always been fascinated with faces… and this year I have been having a blast doing an online course called Life Book with Willowing Arts.

I have so enjoyed learning about portraiture , this course has really given me the confidence to step out and really explore different ways to paint and draw faces, and now I am trying to use what I have learnt in how to create a face and start to create my own style incuding different textures with my  mixed media!

If you have always wanted to do portraits then check out Tamara’s site ! here www.willowing.org

All these Portraits are Painted with acrylic paint, some backgrounds are painted some are I have created using different forms of stamping.

So here are a selection of the  fun and fantastical faces I have created …

thinking…

I wonder…

half  the story…

Pixie

Blueberry surprise

Looking Back…

Create this Cool Marbling effect with Shaving Foam and Golden Air Brush Colours

Ok this is a great way to create a lovely Marbling effect!

Material List – Paper, Shaving Foam, Spatula Pallet knife, fork and skewer, Newspaper, heaps of handy towels, Golden Air Brush Colours. (Air Brush acrylics have a very thin viscosity and are very close to ink like!)

1) Start off with two pieces of Paper, the same size .

2) Spray some Shaving Foam onto the first piece of paper, and then spread it out with a pallet knife ( shaving foam needs to be approx 1cm in-depth) mmm its just like icing a cake lol

3) Drop some Golden Air Brush colours onto the shaving Foam, maybe to start with pick 4 or 5 colours, dropping about 5 drops per colour.

4) Once you have all your colours dropped onto your shaving foam, then use your (fork, spatula, pallet knife or skewer) whatever you have to move the paint around, swirl it, zig zag it, make patterns, words whatever you like.

5) Now that you have done this, place the other piece of paper down onto the painted shaving foam and press or Burnish really well, Yip this is messy, as some of the excess shaving foam will spill out the sides … but it is important that you do press and rub firmly, when you are done then peel back the top paper and place down in front of you!

6) Now using your paper towels, wipe off all the Shaving Foam from that paper, and you will be left looking at a very Cool Marble Paper !!

Wolaa !

Play around with using all different kinds of colour, and tools to make the designs.  Here is one that I have made and painted some cocoons and Butterflies on…

“Evolve – A Journey”

Quick Art Tip – What is the difference between Gel and Paste ?

I often get people asking me What is the difference between Gel Medium or Paste?

Simply put….

Gel Medium is usually White when wet and dries Clear  ( with exception of Coarse Pumice gel and Extra Coarse Pumice Gel).

Paste is White when wet and stays the same colour when dry!

Gel mediums can be used an adhesive for  collage , to add texture to your artwork, to thicken paint, and added with paint can make a lovely glaze!

Pastes can add a lovely texture to your artwork, and depending on the type of paste you use you can get lots of different effects. examples of pastes are Crackle Paste, Fibre Past and Molding pastes light, hard, and coarse.

For more information regarding gels and pastes check out my upcoming Workshop to be held in Christchurch on March the 25th 2012!

Taylors Mistake – Mixed Media 4 Sale

 Below is some close up photos of the rocks and houses in original artwork above.