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July 22, 2018 at 1:25 pm #459269
Sonia
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Another experiment!

A randomly painted scrap of paper, a pearlescent glaze, a floral image and negative painting with white gesso.

The white background wasn’t working, so I tried black gesso and added subtle glazes to bring out the form of the flowers.

Finished image approx 4″ x 6″

Sonia
http://paperpaintandprint.blogspot.co.uk
July 22, 2018 at 2:06 pm #661442
Charlies Mum Administrator (Maureen)
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Yes, nice! works much better with the black b/g – the random colours are lovely.

Cheers, Maureen

Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .
July 24, 2018 at 12:14 pm #661439
KreativeK Moderator
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Very clever, Sonia, love the black addition to the background that often works so well.

Kay

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July 29, 2018 at 4:51 pm #661444
Shanec
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Great painting.

The black background works really well and the colours are very interesting.

Shane

https://artbyshanec.com
July 31, 2018 at 4:43 pm #661440
Sonia
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Many thanks Kay at T.sketcher.

Sonia
http://paperpaintandprint.blogspot.co.uk
July 31, 2018 at 6:59 pm #661445
L Skylar Brown
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Yes! The dark bkg. really makes it pop!
July 31, 2018 at 8:00 pm #661438
ams
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Very nice. Much better with the black background.

Anne

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August 1, 2018 at 6:55 pm #661443
Vivien Maloney Moderator
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Beautiful and I like the poppies on the black background much better. The black background really makes them sing – they look stunning on black!

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August 5, 2018 at 2:36 am #661441
Sonia
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Thank you Skylar, Anne and Viv. More experiments to follow.

Sonia
http://paperpaintandprint.blogspot.co.uk
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