Reverie

Back to acrylics again, and I wanted to try a few different things. Collage for one, so I decopaged a few pieces of decorative paper onto my wooden substrate, in various shapes and sizes.

Thus emerged my color palette. Trying to keep it to a few of my favourite colors, so as not to get too overwhelmed. I love how they work together. 🙂

I wanted to try some intuitive painting with this one. No plan in mind, just working the paint around and seeing what would emerge from it. I laid the initial background colors down completely with my fingers, which was wonderful, and tactile, and very intuitive. Blend, blend, blend, and blend some more. Loving the new color combination places I was going! 🙂 I then used an old damp rag to wipe off some of the paint here and there, on the papers, to let their design show through.

I’m someone who can see faces, or shapes of things really easily in clouds, wood grain, tile floors,  glass shower doors, etc… 😛 ….So I knew something or somethings would emerge if I sat back, relaxed my mind, and looked for them. Off the bat I spotted a couple of hearts, and a couple of birds! So I started to define the things I was seeing.

It needed more contrast so I added some black and dark blue. I never really expected what happened next…The wooden canvas surprised me with wonderful distress marks that I hadn’t even tried for! Once I put the darker colors on, and started wiping with my rag again to expose some of the underneath color, there they were! Also revealed, by complete accident were more heart shapes! So awesome! I love it when I get happy little surprises! I also love glazing, as I have mentioned before in another post. The luminosity achieved with it is so beautiful! It takes the coloration to whole other levels. 🙂 I glazed over my newly discovered hearts with more color to make them stand out a bit more….

I then found a shape that proved itself to be a ladybug waiting to happen! 🙂

I’m liking this intuitive painting process! I find it very calming to paint anyway, but to paint without any plan…to see what will happen, where it will lead you, what images will pop out….when you experiment with colors and techniques…is incredibly freeing! And so much fun! 🙂

Finally, after a few stars and a swirl laid on with stencils and white paint, then glazed over to blend in a bit, plus some more color tweaking here and there…I ended up with “Reverie”. 😀

Author: sunshyne66

Artist and mom to 3 wonderful boys. Art is more than a hobby for me. It is like breathing. I need to create...it is a compulsion, and a passion. Color is joy...art is my escape. View all posts by sunshyne66