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    T Tuesday: pretty in pinks edition

    March 12, 2018 - By 

    I’m obsessed with acrylic pouring again! It is so fun!! I have one to show you but three additional made. I just didn’t get photos taken before it too dark for natural lighting. Those will be in another post. In fact, mini-me acted as photographer for one so there are some in process shots. 

    I decided on black, white, silver, burgundy wine and dusty rose for my paint pour.

    So cool. I just can’t get enough of how these look.

    I thought the area of pink was a little much of one thing smack in the middle so I used what was left in the flip cup to draw…drip…accent…a design.

    They look a bit like striped tear drops meandering across the canvas.  After mini-me saw this one she asked for one for her room in specific colors. I mixed enough paint for two so she’d have a choice. Those I’ll show in the next post.

    In case anyone was wondering…we had a two hour late start for school on Tuesday last week. They really should have cancelled in my opinion. We got 6 inches of snow overnight and then it began snowing in earnest again during the day. Made for crummy driving conditions. We decided to use just one vehicle that day…the 4 wheel drive one. I drove Mr. G to work, kids to school then got myself to work on time.

    I started a new photo challenge for March. This one is definitely presenting more of a challenge.

    Here’s what I have so far.

    I’m stretching a bit with some of these and have fallen behind several days…then play catch-up all in one. Oh well. I’m not big on rules anyway.

    T stands for Tuesday

    What are you doing today?

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    T Tuesday: snowing and pouring edition

    March 5, 2018 - By 

    Here we are getting hit with another blizzard on a scheduled Monday off school. What’s up with that?!?  Mr. G was even sent home from work early. The word came over the intercom that they were closing early due to bad weather. I know all of us are hoping for a snow day tomorrow.

    So that’s the snowing but what is the pouring, you ask? Acrylic pours. Pour painting. Fluid art. Whatever you’d like to call it. I just call it fun! It totally fits into my love of creative chaos and randomness.

    This was the start of a second pour in one day. (You can see the other in my previous post.) I also used white in addition to these bold basic colors,

    I used a dirty flip cup technique. Sounds awful doesn’t it? It’s truly not though. Well…truth be told it’s a messy process. I scraped out my mixing cups on the canvas as not to waste them. Having paint at the corners helps it flow over the edge more easily.

    Crazy huh?!? The white circles were caused by air bubbles. So cool!

    BTW- I didn’t use any silicone or a torch in my process. So many people do and get absolutely amazing results. I’m just not interested in having flammables in my basement. Perhaps when the warm weather comes around I can try that outside.

    I love the look of these paintings when they are wet. They have so much depth. 

    The dry version is so flat. I plan to put a gloss coat on to bring out some depth again and brighten the colors.

    I also need to share the end of February photo a day challenge results.

    23. Depth of field

    24. Architecture

    25. My Face

    26. Need/Want  (got my T Tuesday beverage covered)

    27. Something Old

    28. Street 

    I’ve started the photo a day challenge for March as well. This month seems a little more challenging so far. I may have chosen the wrong one for me. Time will tell.

     

    Hopefully *fingers crossed* we’ll have a snow day tomorrow otherwise it will be a typical Tuesday for me after we dig ourselves out. UGH!

    T stands for Tuesday

    What are you doing today?

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    Paint pouring practice

    March 5, 2018 - By 

    Since I knew I had a three day weekend I decided to eek out a bit of time to try out acrylic pours again.aka unicorn poop

    I have seen amazing results using the three primary colors. I decided to go in a slightly different direction…just slightly. I used colors you’d typically find in your ink jet printer….plus white instead of black.aka unicorn poop

    Sorry this one is blurry…I had paint on my gloves and couldn’t focus it. After flipping the cup onto the canvas I poured the excess white around the outside of the “unicorn poop” paint puddle. Amazing how many colors I already have.aka unicorn poop

    After tilting and draining off excess paint I set it aside to dry, coming back occasionally to wipe the drips from the underside of the canvas.aka unicorn poop

    I love the little bubbles that come up through the layers and pop revealing other color.

    Here’s the completely dry canvas. The colors are much less vibrant in matte form. Perhaps I’ll put a coat of gloss varnish over top to brighten things up.

    I’ve got another basically dry and yet another freshly poured canvas. I’ll share those in another post.