Wrapping up one painting, working on another

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic paint and mediums on 18 X 14 inch canvas 

I'm declaring this painting finished! I added some glazed shadows then painted over a lot of the texture with Liquitex iridescent medium. So along with the glass bead gel it has some cool light reflecting qualities.

In the mean time I have been working on another small canvas. Below is a peek at the skin that will be used on that painting. I'm waiting for the medium to dry before putting everything together and keeping my fingers crossed that the painting will come together without mishaps.

Acrylic skin for work in progress 

High flow glow

Painting by Vicky Christensen, mixed media on 16 X 20 inch canvas 

This painting started with splashes of high flow acrylics. Then I decided to try dropping alcohol into the paint to make some blooms. I'm an impatient person and probably didn't catch the paint at the right moment, so the blooms were pretty subdued. But then I decided it might be fun to embellish what the alcohol did with a mixture of titan buff and Liquitex iridescent medium. After seeing the shimmer the iridescent circles added, I just had to add more bling with some stencils and glass bead gel. Today I added some glazes and finished with a few more iridescent circles.