Monday, January 25, 2010

Art journal 7, texture; northern lights, Banff doodles


Art is tactile!  Well these pages are.  Flat art is not usually about the touching.  My newfound-joyful-playtime-art is all about the touching.  My hands get messy with spackle, smearing it around, creating a textured substrate. Here, I create my first night scene with northern lights.  

The texture under this big ol' doodle, done in Banff, is spackle, and clear gesso.  I don't know why, but my clear gesso is like sandpaper. I was supposed to be sitting, all inspired-like, in my hotel room while everyone else skied.  I didn't want to paint mountains. Apparently eyeballs and pretty squiggly lines were more important. Dang.  Have to go back now.




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