I like the look of dichroic glass pieces and have thought of embedding them into my abstracts. They are a little expensive to buy and make, especially in the size I would like them to be. I decided to try acrylic mediums and iridescent/interference paint as well as resin and…
Read moreOne acrylic medium I like that isn’t made by Golden is KROMA Crackle Gel. It is a gel as opposed to Golden’s Crackle Paste which as the name says is a paste similar in consistency and appearance to Golden Light Molding Paste. It creates a different crackle pattern than Golden’s…
Read moreI do lots of small test/samples of acrylic gels, pastes, and mediums. These are to try out and to experiment with to see what they can do and try out some techniques before painting my abstracts. I mostly use Golden Acrylics, but a few others as well. I like Golden’s…
Read moreThe remaining process is one of adding more layers of acrylic gels and using wood carving tools to “excavate” into the high density board and painting over. Here I decided to add more “cracks” in the bottom surface. I “excavated” the surface with wood carving tools. Here’s a close-up of…
Read moreSince I got back home from my “art vacation” I have been working on the abstracts I started (see previous posts). Here’s where the large abstract is at at the moment and some of the steps in the process. First of all, here again was the sketch I did of…
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