Gesso pulling

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic on 16 X 12 inch canvas panel 

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic on 16 X 12 inch canvas panel 

I'm still experimenting with techniques from Jo Toye's book, Abstract Explorations in Acrylic Painting. Today I finished a couple that use the 'gesso pulling' technique. This involves starting with swatches of fluid paint, then dragging white gesso down from the wet paint swatches. The final layers include glaze and scribbles of high flow acrylics.