Thriving Art

Abstract and mixed media art is not for everybody, but it is a deep passion of mine. I decided I did not like the painting on this canvas, so I repainted it one evening, got up the next morning and HATED what I had done............what to do, what to do?     So I took all the left over acrylic paint and just wiped it over the painting!! Since the painting, underneath, had some thick paint in areas it developed some texture................texture is always good! Taking away the harsh brush strokes.......   ......an other layer of thinned down paint.........   .......pretty satisfied with the background colors, and once it was thoroughly dried,  I added some gold leafing here and there...........   ..........again letting it get really dry, I began the nest step.  Using a VERY diluted white acrylic paint, I brushed it over the WHOLE canvas, then quickly laid plastic bags over it and crunched them.  This ...

  Well we have rounded an other corner, in 2016, and have landed in MAY!! Holy Moly.....or should that be Mole'?....since Cinco De Mayo is right around the corner....LOL! Never the less it is time to meet up with the T-Gang over at the Altered Book Lover Blog and see what everybody is drinking.   As usual I am drinking coffee...black....thank you.  I came into my craft room to ponder this canvas, that is propped up on Betsy. Of course I had sat my coffee cup( didn't see the drips till now)  and glasses right in front....then remembered that it is Tuesday, grabbed the camera and here I am!   I've had this idea, in my head, for sometime and finally acted on it yesterday.  I had bought 2 of these denim canvases last summer for Camp Grandma and we never got around to using them.  I did attempt a painting on one.......might share that later.....but found denim REALLY hard to paint on....even with Gesso going down first.  So that left this...