In Full Flower

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

I love Chris Cozen's art so I bought Acrylic Solutions, written by Chris and Julie Prichard. In the book both Julie and Chris document the steps for a painting. I decided to take a shot at following the steps for Chris' painting but did some things to give my own twist to it. This is the result.

Fantasy Garden

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic on 12 x 16 inch canvas 

 I started this painting by dropping different hues of fluid acrylics on a canvas, then brushed to blend loosely. I followed up by spraying the canvas with water and adding more drops of paint, and tipped the canvas to let the colors run. Then I stenciled a few patterns. Here is the resulting underpainting:

I had no idea what this painting would become until I started picking out shapes to surround with the lighter glaze.

Blue Cocktail

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic paint and media on 16 X 12 inch canvas

This is the second of three canvases I prepared a few days ago. This time I wanted to experiment with Golden light molding paste to see how the texture influenced the painting. After applying the molding paste I imprinted some areas with dots using a silicone hot pad (the kind you put under a hot pan to protect your kitchen counter). I also scratched some lines in the texture and used those to guide the painting. This is also the first time I have used fluid acrylics in addition to the heavy body paints. I am calling it "Blue Cocktail" because I can see the shape of a glass (purely accidental).