Friday 23 February 2018

30 Paintings - Day 23!

While struggling to do abstracts on watercolour paper, I have tried a number of different approaches: watercolour style background, palette knife background, and brush background. I have used gesso to create both a different base and to create some texture. Today's painting has a smooth gesso undercoat and a palette knife background.
#1088 - Autumn Icicles - 7 x 10 acrylic on watercolour paper

The deep tones of the quinacridone paints really make this pop nicely in person.

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  1. Anonymous23 February 2018 at 16:41

    beautiful work, Val! I saw this and thought of ballerinas at a barre!

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    1. Mellowood Gallery23 February 2018 at 17:54

      Thank you so much Mel. It fascinates me that everyone sees something different in my abstracts. It makes me look again and, yes, I can see the ballerinas too. Very cool. Thanks for commenting.

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  2. Nelvia24 February 2018 at 06:48

    You really succeeded in creating some interesting textures. I guess that is what makes abstracts so interesting and successful is that each person can read their own story into the picture. Hope you keep creating these even after the challenge Val. Are you finding it easier or harder to come up with abstract ideas?

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    1. Mellowood Gallery24 February 2018 at 08:19

      Thanks for your great comment Nelvia. I am finding it harder to come up with ideas and I find that so many abstracts are similar to each other. I think I will check out a few more youtube videos for more ideas. Thanks again!

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  3. Sheila24 February 2018 at 16:48

    Love the textured background. Really interesting what is going on there.. The lights and the darks, the shapes. Colors are great too. ;) The white lightening is energizing :)

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    1. Mellowood Gallery24 February 2018 at 17:36

      Thank you so much Sheila. I can't believe how many different things are seen in these abstracts! This one has icicles, ballerinas and now lightening - this is so cool!

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  4. Joan Tavolott25 February 2018 at 09:23

    Awesome texture in this one! The strong background color really makes the white pop!

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