Monday, November 18, 2013

Still Painting


The question from Robyn at ArtPropelled was about the little paintings I'm making:  They are small canvases from Michaels, very cheap on sale. The previous ones were about 2x3 inches, the ones above are 4x4, below are 5x7, the last ones are 4x4 but only a half inch thick, not one inch like the ones above.  I like painting around the edges so I'll probably always look for the fatter canvases in the future, regardless of cost.



The middle photo shows how I've used painters' blue tape to mark off the white squares. The ones in the first photo wound up having blue painted on in some areas just because I liked the way the blue of the tape looked. The next step will be to add lots of details -- dots, lines, marks, etc. I'll know when I've added enough when Susan says "You had better quit that now because you are one paint stroke away from Wretched Excess." I should listen to her because I'm in her space but I probably won't.


By the way, if you've never seen ArtPropelled, go there now and prepare to spend a lot of time in awe of the great blog Robyn has created.

2 comments:

Nan G said...

Love the minis. Thank you for the intro to ArtPropelled!

ArtPropelled said...

Don, thank you! :-)
I also love the chubby canvases with painting around the sides.We have a potter here, Hennie Meyer, who makes ceramic blocks.I can see your paintings on ceramic blocks too. Go on have a look :-)

http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=hennie%20meyer