For me the color purple will rule all the time. So I did this work based on my pallet of pinks.
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A 70’s themed study in brown
So I did this study in various shades of brown. It’s not really an on trend color but i was at the end of a painting spree and had quite a few shades left over.
When i took pictures of the painting and situated them in various parts of the the house I noticed how much it reminded me of African safari with a 70’s vibe. Again not a look that is on trend at the moment, unless you include the appetite for mid century. However I’m rather proud of this. It’s feels like the neatest and more balanced of my works so far.
Buds of gold: Floral like abstract acrylic
This time last week, I brought this painting home. You see I had joined a deep art work project. I think the philosophy is about the functionality of art. But some of them described it as going deep into the painting and just switching off from the outside world, no distractions, they said and not phones. I kind of took that as my signal not to chat and paint at the same time. So I went deep ( you could say) into creating this with my fabric paints and some acrylics i had to hand like true red (which looks like magenta) and gold metallic.
When it can time to pass around the Minstrals (chocolate button sweets for sharing) then it seems were were able then come out focus to talk.
Many said they liked this. I rather like it too.
You see the day before I had learned how to do the special I painting method and how to put the colors together so that there was balance and an appealing composition. So far my learning about doing acrylic art paintings seems to be working. I think this is my favorite of all the pieces I have done so far.
Next time I shall use less fabric paint and more acrylic. But the mix is interesting as fabric paint gives a flat matt finish which helps the gloss of the acrylic and metallic gold stand out.
Maddening mix media
So this week i used some fabric to create a mixed media piece. I was being lazy and I had just watched a video on doing abstract art and the rule of thirds so I experimented with this rule and added some very expensive 100 percent purse wool chalk stripe suiting. I also added a tiny pit of fur that was passed down to me from a friend that got it from a vintage clothes shop in Nottinghill.
Not sure yet what it says. I guess I was experimenting with circles. And where I have incorporated the pinstripe fabric into the painting with pain it reminds me of braces. The red dots look like buttons an all that bling looks rather vulgar to me. It smacks of the ostentatious and excess and commerce for some reason. Perhaps the circles represent coins, money perhaps the red symbolizes blood I don’t know. I’ll have a think….
Fabric paint experiment: Floral abstract
The up-cycled ( re used) easel came with two pots of fabric paints and I used them to experiment in some deep art work this week. Working among a group of other artists, I started this project on Tuesday and finished it off today (Sunday). The fabric paints on paper have a rather washed out look. But the black, premium red and gold acrylic give it the texture that I much prefer to see in paintings.
So note to self about using fabric paints only on fabric and not on paintings for walls and interior decoration.
I think it the painting looks like some post apocalyptic flower trying to burst through into a beautiful bloom. I wonder if it will make it.
Nevertheless, I am rather glad that I got the easel and the fabric paints from the show flat of the apartment block. Who knows where they might have ended up.
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