Last of the Summer Flowers

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic on 16 X 20 inch canvas 

 In honor of the end of summer and the beginning of fall, here is my latest painting.

I have another work in progress, a collage of gelli prints, but I haven't figured out how to finish that painting. So I decided to divert my attention by working on this painting. I wanted a lot of color. So I started with stencils, then amped up the color by dropping high flow acrylics and coaxed the color to spread and bloom by spraying liberally with water. I added a few more stencils and a bit of glass bead gel. The photo below shows the painting after the initial phase.

Underpainting after applying stencils and splashes of high flow acrylics 

 Below is the painting after I glazed around the main shapes.

Painting in the intermediate phase after glazing around shapes 

Low Hanging Fruit

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

Today's painting is one I've been adding layers of stencils and splashes of high flow acrylics to over the course of several days. Tonight I added a few more touches of paint with a painting knife followed by some glazes of white, titan buff and blue. I'm calling it Low Hanging Fruit.

Playing with Gelli Prints

Painting by Vicky Christensen, mixed media on 12 x 16 inch hard-board 

I bought a Gelli Arts gel printing plate and went to town printing random designs on deli paper. I ripped some of the prints into strips and collaged the strips on a piece of Blick hard-board  (see below, in portrait orientation). Then I hit a brick wall - I couldn't decide what to do with it. Today I finally got back to the painting and decided to paint flowers. I glazed on some transparent color to define the petals and followed with translucent glazes in the background. I used Posca paint pens to outline the flowers and add details.

Board after collage, before painting