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18 X 18 Acrylic on Canvas
I covered an old painting with gesso and put tissue paper into the wet gesso. After the gesso dried I covered the whole canvas with polymer medium to make sure that all the tissue was securely stuck down. When that dried I looked at the pattern of the tissue and thought it looked like a tree form that was slanted so that's what I went with. I used a palette knife to dab on the yellows, oranges and green leaves and the browns of the tree trunk. Most of the rest of the painting was done with a brush. It's spring and not autumn, so it's a little strange to be painting a fall tree but when you live in Florida you are never quite sure of the seasons anyway, except the long, hot summers.
I like this one so very much, especially with the title.
ReplyDeleteI like this a lot.. also like that you explained how you did it. I am glad to see that someone else gesso's over old paintings. I just put the second coat on four and the first coat on another four. I usually put at least two coats on, sometimes three. Very boring project, but tomorrow the fun will start.
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