Saturday, December 31, 2011

Helen Frankenthaler experiment




I tried to do my imitation of Frankenthaler. I started with a simple five circle design in thick, black acrylic, then applied very thin coats of red, yellow and black acrylic. Did it work?


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Friday, December 23, 2011

Red Strokes On Blue & Blank Space




This was an experiment to see what a dried acrylic paint undercoat does to overcoats of paints. As expected, it darkened the red. Now I'm wondering if there can be an undercoat that can lighten it.


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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011