Works in Progress

On the easel this week is this fairy girl with bird. She has a LONG way to go yet! I wanted to show you the process of development though. Again, this painting started out all colorful marks like graffiti. The first thing I painted was the fan! Then the hair, face, bird, wings and then all the rest came in at the same time. The graffitti was preserved in the dress and wings of this fairy/angel . I'm not at all sure why she is holding a parakeet except to say that when i looked, there it was, already formed like it wanted to be there so I painted it in more clearly. This painting I beleive measures in at 24"x24"x1 1/2" gallery wrap.

Angels Among Us

Well, it seems that there are many angels walking among us these days and they have been very insistant that I paint them for some reason.







They are all unique and seem to have their own "mood" for lack of a better term. Anyway. There they are. The first one is an 8"x10" and the other three are 4"x12", all 1 1/2" gallery wrap textured canvas, acrylic.

Abstract Angel

I had the privilege to teach a mother daughter duo in my studio yesterday and we did abstract angels. The daughter was only 7 yrs old and she did very well with this technique. The background was too hard for her so she painted hers in but mother and I did this background that you see here with cheese cloth. We pushed the various paint colors through the mesh onto the canvas and of course it left a lovely course pattern in the background for our Angels.
The Angela were "wet painted". That's a term I may have made up. Apply your colors very rapidly with a wet brush dipped into the paints, dragged onto the canvas, then lightly sprayed with a water mister. It will run to give a nice runny misty effect. To stop the process at any point from running anyfurther, simply lay the canvas flat to dry. We did blow dry the background before applying the angels. However, do not blow dry the misted Angels or the lovely drops will get splayed in different directions and ruin the downward drip effect. Unless of course, that's what you want ; )
Hope you try this Wet Painted technique!