“Circular Study”
5x7 Acrylic on illustration board
Acrylics: Gold, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Yellow
Materials: Cling Wrap, Shelf Liner, Graphite Pencil, Brush
Cut your shape of choice into the shelf liner and stick to illustration board. Apply a heavy watered down coat of Gold acrylic. While still wet, cover the surface with a wrinkled layer of cling wrap. Let dry.
Remove cling wrap revealing a newly created pattern in gold. Randomly apply strokes of Alizarin Crimson and Cadmium Yellow acrylic. Remove the shelf liner design and wash in color as desired. Bring out the edges in the design with the use of the graphite pencil.
Technique: Cling wrap and shelf liner can provide some interesting options in your contemporary compositions.
You are an artist.
5x7 Acrylic on illustration board
Acrylics: Gold, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Yellow
Materials: Cling Wrap, Shelf Liner, Graphite Pencil, Brush
Cut your shape of choice into the shelf liner and stick to illustration board. Apply a heavy watered down coat of Gold acrylic. While still wet, cover the surface with a wrinkled layer of cling wrap. Let dry.
Remove cling wrap revealing a newly created pattern in gold. Randomly apply strokes of Alizarin Crimson and Cadmium Yellow acrylic. Remove the shelf liner design and wash in color as desired. Bring out the edges in the design with the use of the graphite pencil.
Technique: Cling wrap and shelf liner can provide some interesting options in your contemporary compositions.
You are an artist.
Wow...found your blog by clicking on "Next Blog" a couple of times...
ReplyDeleteKewl.
I'll be back...
DJ
I'm just getting started with this blog. Any suggestions are welcome.
ReplyDeleteAfter clicking on the image, I find it even more intriguing close up.
ReplyDeleteThis technique is also effective for background textures on paper with watercolors, no shelf liner needed.
You can also incorporate this texture into your cut-outs in the style of Eric Carle. Just play with watercolors and plastic wrap in various colors, then cut out into desired shapes when dry and assemble.
The textures really pop against a contrasting solid background.
Enjoy~
Great idea...I will try that.
ReplyDeleteHas school started back for you?
Definitely. School starting back, that is. Labor Weekend was much needed.
ReplyDeleteI found a wonderful example of the plastic wrap technique here:
http://leslyfinnsart.com/
She's an artist who lives in New Zealand, and has a couple of blogs.