After I found a sheet on which I’d at some point* printed with bubble wrap pressed into paint, I wondered if I could use this to create a sea shore painting by starting with the negative space around the rocks. The video below shows what evolved.
(If you don’t see this video, click here. There is not any sound on the video.)
Below are a couple of close-up photos of the painting, as well as one of the painting at the point at which I stopped.
Being on paper, the white ink that was the last layer I applied did sink on a bit as it dried. That’s something I allow for and if need can always add more white paint or oil pastel to it. The unpredictability of exactly how it’ll dry is part of the fun of the technique, coming into my studio the next day to see what it looks like when totally dry. I particularly like the way it’s sunk in around the texture of the paper towards the top.
*I think it dates back to meeting of my art group on Skye!
Lovely color and abstraction!