Busy day

Painting by Vicky Christensen, mixed media on 16 X 12 inch canvas 

I put in a few hours today preparing a couple canvases, applying acrylic mediums on one and collaging some painted deli sheets on another. After doing that I decided I wanted to start and finish a quick little painting. This painting started with an underpainting of Intense colored pencils. I liquified the pencil marks with water and matte medium to set the ink. After drying with a hair dryer I finished with fluid acrylics, topped off with some transparent glazes

Wildflowers

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic paint and mediums on 20 x 16 inch Ampersand Hardbord panel

 I decided to recycle another painting. The original was heavily textured with acrylic gel applied through stencils as well as some collaged painted papers. I grabbed a few tubes of heavy body paint and applied paint randomly using a palette knife, leaving some of the old painting visible. I followed up with fine lines and scribbles of high flow acrylics, blotting with deli sheets. Today I finished it by painting some wildflowers using a palette knife and brush.

Here's what it looked like before:

Original Painting 

Finishing touches

Painting by Vicky Christensen, acrylic paint and mediums on 16 X 12 inch hardboard panel 

I finally finished this painting. You may recall that this painting started with a surface heavily textured with Golden crackle paste. The surface is very absorbent, and when wet, paint will flow to all the little nooks and crannies. I got a little heavy handed with the darker and more intense pigments. My finishing touches were a drop shadow border, some very subtle Titan Buff glazed highlights and a final top coat of an acrylic faux encaustic mixture.