Fun Foliage with a Different Brush

   This entry was originally posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012

 

Different size brushes will cause different sizes of splatter drops.

I like to use a big brush to start off my splatters because it covers a lot more area.

Then I move to a smaller brush with smaller drops of paint as the painting begins to dry. 

(Remember, I am working wet-in-wet with different colors of paint splatters)

Experiment with what you have and see what works best for you and for your painting.

Fun Foliage

  This entry was originally posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Creating foliage and leaves can be fun and there are several ways to do it.

My favorite way is to splatter paint.

Load up your brush with different colors.

And tap it against another brush or stick.

Be sure to get close enough to your paper that it lands on the paper!

Also protect the areas that you do not want to get splattered and messy.

This technique is also best when done wet-in-wet with different colors of foliage.

Uplands

14x20"

Get Messy

   This entry was originally posted on Thursday, May 3, 2012

I always have a good chuckle whenever I teach someone that doesn't like to get messy.

They always try to be so careful with the paint. 

The funniest is when they try to carefully clean off the masking tape holding down the paper. 

Whatever the reason, I enjoy watching them discover how much fun it can be to get messy.

 

So go ahead and get messy.

Let your imagination have room to create.

See what comes from it.

 

If you are worried about creating too much of a mess because you are in a small apartment, or your kids will scold you, or whatever, invest in a plastic drop cloth or tablecloth. 

Find an old shirt or apron and let yourself go.

More Uses For the Toothbrush

  This entry was originally posted on Friday, February 24, 2012

Your toothbrush can be used not only to splatter masking fluid but paint as well.

I like to use both the mask and the paint when trying to achieve texture.

For instance, I will splatter my mask for waves, paint over that mask, then splatter white gouache or watercolor on top. This creates a nice 3 layer affect so when the light catches it; it is as if it is a wave really sparkling in the sunlight. 

It is also great for texture. I used both the mask and paint splatter with my toothbrush on the stone lion in painting, Unity.