Texas artist Rae Andrews, paintings in all media and genre. She is an Australian ex-pat who moved to Maui in the early 1990's where she owned two art galleries .. she now resides in Texas where she conducts workshops both in the USA, Australia and Europe.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Earth Patterns 1...Liquid Acrylic and Watercolor
Here is a second small abstract in steps.
As with my previous image, I just tossed some liquid acrylics on the paper and manipulated some marks with my applicator bottle and a brush..
Things changed as I began to use some geometry in the image.
To block out certain areas, I used acrylic white ink, watered down. This gave my eyes some respite from the bright colors.I particularly did this in the lower right corner. After it dried, I completely changed my palette of colors to a cooler spectrum.
The darks are VERY important in these abstract designs. They help ANCHOR the eye and BALANCE the image.
In some areas I took out my original whites, and enhanced those areas with glazes of lime yellow watercolor.
I always leave a lot of whites in my first throw ins if I can, that way I have the option of getting rid of them if need be as the painting progresses.
I hope you are enjoying these challenging little abstracts.
I am...:)))
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