Friday, December 30, 2016

More flowers and doodles

Painting by Vicky Christensen, mixed media on 12 x 12 inch canvas 
Here's another vase of flowers, in time to celebrate the new year. I'm still getting the hang of using a dipping pen to doodle on canvas. Just when everything is going well out comes a big blob of high flow acrylic to clean up. Even so, I am beginning to see why people get into Zentangle.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Flowers and doodles

Painting by Vicky Christensen, mixed media on 18 x 14 inch canvas 
This mixed media painting was done with scraped on paint, collaged painted deli wrap, figures outlined with high flow acrylics using a Fineline applicator, and glazes of transparent and translucent color. I added some doodles using high flow acrylic and a dipping pen to add some texture to the flowers, leaves, vase and table. The inspiration for this painting comes from the art of Sandrine Pelissier.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Big flowers

Painting by Vicky Christensen , acrylic on 30 x 24 inch canvas
Just finished this one yesterday. I scraped paint onto a blank canvas then went hunting for shapes. Several layers of paint and transparent glazes later it's a big vase of flowers.