Barbara Pagani's Tresor Cache 101

Here are some of the paintings with flow aid by Golden and some paintings on the line up for rework. Just when you think you are in love with a certain medium along comes another that you just want to paint with forever but being a multi medium artist, I just seem to go from one to another, falling more and more in love. I worked on 2 small paintings last week with the flow aid for the first time in the series of the lake scenes and mixed the water with the flow aid first, then added the paint and then applied to the canvas. These turned out nice but I found there was a lot of wastage after I had mixed the flow aid and paint so this time I added the flow aid with the water and let it bubble a bit and then applied it to the canvas without any colour and took clean brushes for each colour and dipped them onto the wet canvas. Amazing I all I can say.  Now for those of you who know me, it is going to be very hard for me not to add too much detail to these babies because I ...

Here are some question that I have about the Liquitex Pouring Medium: Do I need to varnish over the medium? If I use it on glass with it fade in the sun? I have a great old window which was the original to this cottage which I would love to put in the window facing my neighbours brick wall that I look at. How do I get clean crisp edges? There are some recommedations to build a frame and also use masking tape on the edges. See what Nancy Reyner recommends down below Should I allow the drip to show over the edges. Some people say it looks cool but I am not sure if it would be considered professional. I did see a painting that it did puddle quite a bit over the edges and the pouring medium that made large circles on the base of where it had dripped over was kept and then applied to the wall for presentation of the art work. When I come across the photo again I will add it to this post. I came across some info from the following source :  http://www.nancyreyner.com/blog/...

I saw this product demo and had to try it. I like the staining look but I am not sure how it will go on top of the modelling paste. I know that diluted acrylics with water seems to do the trick but I loved the stained washed look better and I am hoping that I can tilt the colours a bit to let them run. I will be starting test on some old pieces of water colour paper and raw canvas and then with modelling paste. Photos to follow 1st test on water colour paper: 100lb hot pressed paper on an old project which I never completed Added magenta, and yellow and then mixed in some blue to get the green It is a little streaky but holds up well.  look even my palette looks like a flower My next test on water colour paper will be on wet paper. I came across some interesting blogs and demos about the product and I will include them in my blog for future reference. Sourse via;  http://ivebeenframedart.blogspot.ca/2012/11/acrylic-flow-release-medium.html ...

This painting started off with randomly added layers of acrylic paints and inks then sprayed with water and left to dry. sections were gessoed out and then I highligted areas with black paint.  Modelling paste was added around the areas of black paint More paint and inks were added layer by layer and gloss medium added between each layer. Some sections were wiped off to show the existing paint underneath.  Feb 18th, 2013, so here is where I am after many layers of paint and gloss medium varnish. I just found out at a demo from Liquitex on Monday night that I should be using the light modelling paste instead of the heavy one that I am using. It makes sense because after a while the weight will pull on the canvas and cause it to sag. I may purchase the spray that I saw at curry's art store to apply to the backing to prevent it from sagging.