Sometimes creative thoughts take you along different art paths and processes to achieve a desired finish artwork. With Winter settling in here on the Central Coast NSW, I look at all the amazing summer photos on Twitter and Instagram of friends and followers in the northern hemisphere and long for that warm weather to return.
The #5LandsWalk, a wonderful day of surf, music and art here on the Central Coast includes an art exhibition that I just had to enter this year.
The festival celebrated its 10th year this year on June 20 and the art exhibition was held in two surf clubs..Copacabana and Avoca Beach.
I had a 30"x30" canvas ready to get to work on and so first layer was a textured gesso wave effect which would give my artwork a sculptural look.
Next few days it was all about flicking and splattering enormous amounts of paint to achieve a feeling of the randomness of the wild ocean. I used only a few colours but wanted to bring a sense of afternoon shimmer to my artwork so hence I used gold and pearl white in areas to bring out the light effects.
I love this technique but seriously had to clean the floor so many times as the paint went flying. Think I'll need a paint booth next time!! :)
