Out On A Limb
Acrylic and collage on paper 22 X 30
Every once in awhile I have to challenge myself so I started taking an abstract class in April. The second challenge was to paint larger, so I started a full sheet of watercolor paper. With acrylics I use Fabriano Artistico II, 90#. It seems to hold up well to the scraping and multiple layers that I use in my process and doesn't buckle. I rarely start with an idea in mind, I just play with mark making and texture in the beginning; it's very intuitive. There is a lot of "what if" and "what would happen if..." going on. That's when I started adding my collage of ladies in old fashioned dresses. Finally I had to tie it together so I used a stencil to put in the large tree. It worked! Yay! I have other works in progress. The fun part about acrylics is that you can gesso over the whole thing and start over. In golf it would be a "mulligan". I may have to name one or two that!
