Finished this painting finally, I don't know if you remember her drawing a few posts back.This is the process:
Firstly I drew her face on a piece of paper.
Then painted the circles and swirls in acrylic on the canvas, had a slight problem as my paints dried too quickly and didn't give the effects of layering well. I can't seem to find 'Fluid Acrylics in Golden' brand here so had to make do with what I had.
Next I wet the paper with a spray bottle and layed it face down onto the canvas, then covered the paper with gel medium, Waited for it to dry.
Once it was dried I wet the paper again with the spray bottle and with my hands rubbed the paper off to leave the transfer of the drawing on it. I left some paper on it as I could see some of the transfer wasn't staying, it was coming off, but I still liked the effect.
The final stage was to doodle in the white circles with a permanent marker, I also used water-soluble pastels over the image of the girl and the swirls of colour, to try and give it more layers to the colours.
That's it!
I loved this process of using all these different mediums, I felt quite free to use what ever materials and it really felt like playing and discovering at the same time.
I feel like this process has taught me a lot about playing and trying things out without fear of making mistakes, also I can see how this mixed media painting style can lend itself to other paintings and images. LOVE IT!
I got this mixed media idea from Melliande's U-Tube. Please go and have a look she has so many ideas for mixed media painting, art journaling and other creative stuff, a real inspiration.
I wasn't sure what to name the painting, but "FLOW" came to mind so for now that is what it is called.
I find naming your work hard, even though every art piece has its own energy and feeling about it I sometimes get stumped as what to call them, to give them an identity.
What would you name the painting above, I would be interested in your thoughts about it and why you chose that name.
Happy creating, Angieox.
