We poured acrylics this week in Muse Group, using Pouring Medium (Liquitex or Golden) mixed with fluid acrylic paint (about 10/1) poured from cups we mixed it in. The Pouring Medium gives you a leveling paint film with “rheology” or “flow”. So the colors flow together as you tip the paper back and forth. It […]
It’s so easy to lose the spark of creation when you’re an artist who’s always trying to improve skills at your craft. For many years now I’ve engaged in this practice I call Conversations with the Muse. Periodically I peruse my archived books of lesson demos and experiments in radical eccentricity, and chose a mixed […]
acrylic inks in pouring medium on w/c paper, 10 X 11″ Poured acrylic paint brings to mind that streaming molten lava coming down volcanos in rivulets. Working with it feels about as controllable as a volcanic eruption as well! This was the first piece I was able to do without escaping rivers of acrylic running […]
acrylics with Pouring Medium, black gesso, collage, dip pen and ink on w/c paper 10 X 11″ He thinks I’m weird!? (I’d have to agree.) We both are. He is made of the same elements as I, the same energetic flow, the same fire of Pitta, the same molten temper. . . why, even the […]
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acrylic pour, collage on w/c paper, 10 X 11″ I lie among the others here, all from the same lot, same materials and construction, only damaged in unique ways. I find comfort in my belonging, yet cherish the markings of my singular woundedness. Our fabric has been pierced by the fingers of time, torn […]
acrylic and acrylic skins collage, brush pen on w/c paper, 10 X 11″ harbinger of winter he holds tight the branch of a living thing now leafless but sap running marrow flowing inward downward there won’t be a spring for a while even longer for a summer yet i will not ponder grim reapers blankets […]
Sheltering in place does little to protect one from the news of a world spiraling out of control. In times like these, what’s a person to do? I thanked Lizard for the wisdom shared last week and moved on to see what would come next through the art oracle! With nothing in particular in mind, […]
Whenever I get out my acrylic Pouring Medium (Liquitex) I know I’m in for a wild ride where I have no control over the results. You mix fluid acrylic pigment with the pouring medium and suddenly you’ve got a river of color with a mind of its own. It’s like the first time you’re on […]
If you’ve been thinking about trying out the Muse Group or returning to it for a creative jump-start, we’d love to have you join us this fall! Each class adds a new mixed media painting technique to your repertoire, pushing the boundaries of inks and acrylics, adding textures, collage, and more. Like this example below, […]
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