Friday, July 20, 2012

Finally finished an experimental painting to get me back in the painting mood. The cherry blossoms are multiple layers of white paint either sraight from the end of the tube or just paint brush strokes and swirled so that each petal seems to have it own life depending what colours were dry underneath. The branches are formed from squeezing the tube of paint straight onto the board. The board is actually a sheet of cardboard that I gesso'd over tissue paper that I moved while wet to create folds everywhere. It set hard so giving me a 'board' to work with. I left the rough edges of the tissue paper to create a handmade paper look. I've used gold leaf to emphasise the japanese writing ' Cherry Blossom"
It's mounted up off black paper and framed in a black frame. 
Not a masterpiece but fun A4 size painting to do when you need to play with paint.

Latest caricatures

My latest caricatures both birthday gifts again rendered in pastel pencils. Themes of most of my caricatures revolve around a life story about the person. The top caricature in particular has a 'board' effect behind the person with poscards of places travelled and family photos. The bottom one os obviously a girl's 21st and included is her boyfriend and new kitten. They're heaps of fun to do. Keeps me out of doing housework!!!!