My current favourite medium is Matisse artist quality acrylic ink. The colours are vibrant, can be used as a wash to slowly build up colours or, for intense colour, can be used undiluted from the bottle. Here is my current work in progress – ‘Edmund’.
As a rule the eye is always painted first in my paintings of birds or animals as they have the most detail in the painting.
The rest is then lightly painted in with a wash with the colour slowly getting added as the layers build up. At this stage of the painting Edmund looks a bit messy and unrefined.
More layering is needed which is best to do slowly so not to overdo it. When I’m happy with the overall shape I start adding some darker colours in my sketchy style to suggest detail. This is the really fun part as I get to just let go and splash the ink around.
Here is the completed Edmund on the right. All ready to go in a nice white frame.
He is off to the Clare Rotary Art Exhibition where he will be available for sale.
The exhibition will run from 15-21 May.