early snow 2

Just wanted to show one of the possible effects using the metalic paint.

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Comment by deb hill on November 8, 2011 at 5:26: Thanks, Stu. I like being inspirational! Love what Dirk is doing.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on November 8, 2011 at 4:37: Deb, I have been texturing some of my panels (not stretched canvas) with Liquitex flexible modeling paste in random brush strokes and then gessoing them. This gives interesting patterns that give a fabulous dry brush effect by allowing the brush to skip and deposit paint in a scumbling effect. I mainly paint in oils, but have done this in acrylics also. My only experience to date with metallics was in painting some Carnival masks for the county fair exhibit with my granddaughters. I will have to try out some of the Golden metallics. I sort of like your recent abstracts, especially the one that looks like leaves; sort of because I am not much of an abstract type of painter. I have a lot of difficulty distorting what I consider reality. My main quest after loosening up a very tight realistic style with a more painterly approach has been to simplify by taking out things I see that do not need to be in the picture and by a more limited focus (smaller works help). I am working on that in my plein air work which is coming along but not nearly as fast as I would like (see my comment on Dirk's latest plein air). I like to try new stuff; you've inspired me. Stu

Comment by Xiao Li on November 8, 2011 at 4:03: Interesting, I will look for it in the craft store. Thank you Deb for the explanation.

Comment by deb hill on November 7, 2011 at 13:36: Xiao, What i am using is acrylic paint that is metalic. You can get soem by Golden and i have alos used some that is liquified and found at craft stores. The color usually say "pearl" on the bottle, but no spraying.

Comment by deb hill on November 7, 2011 at 13:33: Thanks so much, Stu. The "sun" is actually a bad reflection, or really a good one, from the photo, but this is the light effect you get with the metalics. It really works for you if you can figure out where to best put it. At one point I tried a bit in the water nearer the trees and had to kill it. Just didn't work there at all. As for the texture, this is a recycled canvas that Reg pulled off the side of the road. It had ugly, heavy texturing on it. I leveled some out with a paste, added ssome texture where there was flat canvas, and then began to paing with a primer coat before starting the actual painting. There was only one place that didn't please me too much but it only shows in a certain light and it really will probably not bother anyone but me. I huge the painting on Fri. at the gallery. Will be so interested to see what happens. I didn't tell Jay, my son and cafe owner, that it was there. He flipped. Nice reaction! Praying for a sale now.

Comment by Xiao Li on November 7, 2011 at 12:59: Deb, the 'X' should be pronouced like a 'S'. I have googled the word "metallic painting'. It seems fraquently be used in painting cars. So it is a car paint and you spayed on your painting and then paint over?

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on November 7, 2011 at 11:08: Deb, terrific painting; I really like your warms and cools where they are juxtaposed and the soft edges around the clouds that obscure the sun. You really do a terrific job with your acrylics. Do you put some acrylic paste on your canvas to get that textured look in the foreground, or do you just do a lot of scumbling to get the effect? Thanks for your comments on my workshop painting. I rephotographed it in better light and cheated a little by pumping up some of the foreground highlights with a little paint before I rephotographed. I am much happier with it. I could not make myself give it the glow that Richard did in his studio painting, but that's just my style; I can't paint like Richard, but if I tried I could never be better than second best. Stu

Comment by deb hill on November 7, 2011 at 10:53: Thanks, Xiao. How do you pronounce your name? Send me some phonetics.

I have been experimenting with metalics and trying to use them to enhance some of my paintings when there is reflected light that illuminates a certain area. After I painted the basic colors of this background, I glazed over some areas with acrylic pearl. It is quite translucent and reflects light. Then I continued to paint the trees over it and finish the foreground.

Comment by Xiao Li on November 7, 2011 at 9:57: Wow, This is really great. I have never see paintings by this technique. Could you give us a little more details on how this was done? Is it started from a photograph or a painting?

Comment by deb hill on November 7, 2011 at 1:02: Hey, Lyndon. The metalic splashes around in the top of the painting so that the entire painting changes as the light hits it. Thus the hot spot at the top rt. could have also hit to the left somewhere and changed the entire look.