I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! I took a few days off from the computer and I’ve missed it! This piece is just a big experiment. It started as layers of glossy magazine text and a die cut leftover randomly glued down. Then a thin layer of gesso. Then a bumble bee stencil. Ho hum to that point.
Then I got excited about it. An extra glob of gesso started it. I added Adirondack reinkers to color the gesso. I love the colors of my ink pads and now they make a great paint. 3 colors of the gesso ink in greens and blues and now I am starting to like the background. It went on a bit thick so I started writing in it with the end of a paintbrush. This created a great texture. Once it was dry, I used watercolors across all of it. The watercolors were the key to the next layer. I drew the buildings and filled them in with gesso. The gesso mixed with the watercolors to create a subtle coloring.
I’m off to visit the artists of Paint Party Friday – so many different styles of artists and such creative fun!
Hi, thank you for your comment on my candles in my Zentangle. I love your process and the end results. The colors are so beautiful and I had no idea your could “paint” with gesso. Have a Happy New Year celebration.
Looks fantastic and great texture! 🙂 Happy New Year, Carolyn!!
I love your colors. Do me a favor though, cover up the bottom third to half of those buildings. I think it makes for a better composition. makes it really zing!
happy PPF!
What you do is similar to what I this now experiencing the fresco. Then what you enceras? or not? Happy new year.
This is stunning! The etherial colors and textures are gorgeous! I love the die cut flower glued down and the beautiful results found by going with the flow – Bravo! xoxo
WOW. I love the colors. I love the writing. I love the buildings. I love all the textures. Seriously love.
wow, Carolyn, I think you’ve invented a brand new way of painting. This is gorgeous. I love the translucence of the buildings. And the colors are fantastic. I have a few reinkers so I think I’ll try the colored gesso bit. Beautiful art.
I love the colors you’ve chosen and the building shapes are so interesting. This is a great painting! You should mat and frame it, very nice 🙂
Happy New Year!
Jaime
It’s so ethereal!! Whishing you all the best for the coming year!!
I really like the dimensions of this piece and the writing in the gesso is fab! Happy New Year and Happy Paint Party Friday! #2 Robin Panzer Art Studio 33
I love reading about what you have done. Your enthusiasm for creating just shines through and inspires me to have more fun with what I am doing. I love this piece.
oh wow!! what a wonderful painting….love the colours and texture!!! Wishing you all the best as we embark on a whole new year of art adventure!!! Happy New Year 2012!!!!
Hugs, Diana
This is wonderful, love the transparent colours ans the buildings, just great! Happy New Year! Valerie
This is great! Love the buildings and the tranparency. Nice job. Happy New Year!! Enjoy and take care.
Wonderfully creative, colorful and textural ~ Love it ~ thanks, namaste, Carol (Share the Creative Journey) Happy PPF ^_^
Love the layers and texture! I’ve just started using gesso a lot and love it!
Oh, I LOVE this! It’s so beautiful and summery. I just got back from South Beach, and that’s exactly what it reminds me of, white buildings against an gorgeous blue sky,
it sounds like you had a wonderfully creative time with awesome results.
lovely New Year to you~
Wowowowow!! this is great. I love the texture and the colors are fab.
Happy 2012
Nicole/Beadwright
Beautiful piece….love the colours!
Wishing you a Happy New Year and all the best in 2012 ~ xo
Oh wow! I love to hear all the steps in how you create. This is looking good! Can hardly wait to see what you’ll do next. 🙂
I love experimenting like this! It turned out great. Happy 2012!
Wonderful and it sounds like it was great fun to create!
Hope 2012 is a fantastic year for you, Carolyn!
Beautiful – I love my Adirondack ink pads too and am very inspired by your creation!