Quick post tonight. I’m a bit under the weather so painting has been a bit of an effort and college was murder today, but it’s nearly the weekend, so I can have a proper lie down then. I just have to plough on through it. I’m only in for about an hour and a half tomorrow so hopefully it won’t be too bad.
I’m working on my painting for my final project, and I decided to have a go at using bitumen. I painted the background with acrylic, and then applied pva glue in lines down the canvas. Once the glue dried I mixed bitumen with white spirits and brushed over the canvas. This stains the canvas to a deep oak brown colour. I’m waiting for it to dry just now, but once it dries I will apply white spirits to a cloth and wipe back the bitumen to reveal the colours underneath. This is very much a work in progress, and it looks a mess just now, but I wanted to show you the textures. The pva glue bubbled and the bitumen has caused them to harden making for a very tactile sensation. After I’ve wiped off the spirits tomorrow, I’ll add the next image.
You are way beyond me with some of these materials but I love the effects you are achieving. Bring on the process once again.
Hopefully your modeling session will go well.
Thanks Leslie! I’m just enjoying playing about with different materials and seeing what effects they bring about.
Sorry I haven’t had a chance to reply to your comments. I’ve been a bit busy and a bit under the weather, so I’m just catching up with stuff just now.