I have 4 acrylic paintings on the go right now, and three of them will have a silhouette of a human figure on them. I’m hoping that doing 4 paintings simultaneously will help me be able to set a painting aside when it needs to dry, or simply stop and pause, so that I can come back to it with a different perspective. I think that one of them might be done.
I started out by putting a whole map onto a 20″ x 30″ painted canvas. I then printed out a mannequin figure onto an Overhead Projection Sheet, cut the figure out, and used matte medium to adhere it to the map-covered canvas. My intention here is that when I pull the figure off the canvas, the map will show through, in the shape of the figure.
I began putting down layers of paint and assorted papers and ephemera, and painting over and around each and every thing. I planned to pull off some of the items and the color from underneath would then be visible. This kind of worked, but not exactly as I had planned.
While I was adhering things to the canvas I put medium both underneath and overtop the items. Not a good idea. If you do this, make sure that you only put medium ON TOP of the item you intend to remove. When I pulled things off, often the paper from underneath pulled off as well. But maybe that’s because I didn’t wait long enough for everything to dry, I’m not really sure.
The canvas, with the map and the figure adhered:
Starting to add color and assorted papers/ephemera:
Some Close Ups:
The building on the next picture is from a silk scarf from France, that I got in a second-hand store:
More color, paper, and overpainting:
I’ve pulled off the figure, plus an assortment of covered areas:
This is what the figure looked like after I pulled it off the canvas; I’ll probably use it in another painting.
Some detail on the Left-hand side that I really like:
This is some paper lace that I’d stuck down and then pulled off. Again, I’ll save this for use on another piece of art:
Here’s where the lace was before I pulled it off:
Here’s the final piece. I’ve given it a glaze, to unify the colors, and burnished back the glaze in spots that I want to highlight. I simply can’t get a good photo of it, I keep getting glare. This is the same piece, using 3 different “flash” settings on my little point-and-click camera. It looks like it’s 3 different colors……….sigh…….I’ve got to say that it looks WAY better in real life than it does in these pathetic photos.
Now that is what I. call creative.
Thanks! Paul says that the sun is too distinct, and I think he’s right. I might sand it down, and then re-glaze it, to tone it down a bit.
I’m so impressed…Wish I could see the real thing.
Moe
Hey girlie, you know where we live, so just c’mon over and have a look! Bring your Boy-Toy….
Very creative and awesome .. I love it !!