I am tired after a week preparing for the annual High Road Studio Art Tour here in N. NM. The bistro sold a lot of meals and I had an opening in a gallery in Taos on Friday night. A wonderful artist named Allegra Sleep offered up her 'Temporary Gallery of Art' and asked that local artists paint on cardboard to be shown at Artisan's gallery on Bent St. in Taos.
I'd like to say that painting on cardboard, regardless of how many times you prime it, is no walk in the park, you can practically hear the cardboard drinking up the paint as you work on it. I did get a new idea for a technique I hadn't tried before from working on this piece. After finishing the painting I decided on wanted the surface to look like Encaustic so I mixed a tiny bit of Golden Indian Yellow Hue in some Golden Regular Gel (Matte) Medium. I found that I needed to squeegee it on in order to minimize lines that were made by my usual use of an old credit card to smooth the medium. Once I squeegeed the gel which I had applied with a matt knife, I also put a very fine mist of water down over the whole piece, once it dried it had an Encaustic quality about it which I liked very much. I will put a photo of the painting up here as soon as I get it back from the week long exhibit.
Truly I don't know what I was thinking when fueled with my success with the cardboard that I tried painting next on some Claybord that I had in my studio. I am on my third painting using the Claybord and I have to say cardboard is simple compared to what Claybord has in store for you when you paint on it. I am still trying to find my way with this new surface and I will let you know
where the experiment takes me.
Have you had some interesting experiences trying new mediums and surfaces? Please let us know about them.
I'd like to say that painting on cardboard, regardless of how many times you prime it, is no walk in the park, you can practically hear the cardboard drinking up the paint as you work on it. I did get a new idea for a technique I hadn't tried before from working on this piece. After finishing the painting I decided on wanted the surface to look like Encaustic so I mixed a tiny bit of Golden Indian Yellow Hue in some Golden Regular Gel (Matte) Medium. I found that I needed to squeegee it on in order to minimize lines that were made by my usual use of an old credit card to smooth the medium. Once I squeegeed the gel which I had applied with a matt knife, I also put a very fine mist of water down over the whole piece, once it dried it had an Encaustic quality about it which I liked very much. I will put a photo of the painting up here as soon as I get it back from the week long exhibit.
Truly I don't know what I was thinking when fueled with my success with the cardboard that I tried painting next on some Claybord that I had in my studio. I am on my third painting using the Claybord and I have to say cardboard is simple compared to what Claybord has in store for you when you paint on it. I am still trying to find my way with this new surface and I will let you know
where the experiment takes me.
Have you had some interesting experiences trying new mediums and surfaces? Please let us know about them.