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Sunday, 25 November 2012

This was an exercise in glazes for my self,  I had sized and then primed board with two coats f gesso. the glazes were in parts stand oil, and other parts linseed oil, i want to see what they look like when dry. Then I was interested in the repelling quality of paint so i mixed up a little paint with turps and splattered it in a concentrated area. Next experiment was to add more runny mix with linseed oil, in the image below
I used a couple of colours and placed then with linseed oil to run down the painting, it doesn't happen instantly, but the great effect you get when the paint thins and runs in varying degrees, with the colours coming through this really enhances the interest and glazes. I also learnt that if you intend to have transparent glaze in your work it is very important to get a really smooth finish on your gesso, this was an experiment, using the oil and medium, but for the future i would spend more time on my support in the first place

I am still experimenting with the effects of oil and water based paint, I took some acrylic thinly mixed, then added some oil mixed with turps and combined the two on the board in varying degrees, initially looked good but dries disappointing. Then I painted some oil on the background and wiped off the excess to leave a staining faintly on the board. My next layer I sprayed paint on to parts of the work, then worked into it with a brush
Although it doesn't dry the way it first appears there are still some crackle effects that interest me.
For me the piece isn't working but I may try another form of this crackling and paint repelling to see if it can be improved with a different consistency 








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