Printing with Golden's open paints

For this print I used three rubber bands along the top.

There are some new paints by golden called Open acrylic paints. They allow you to print with them without drying out. Therefore the paints stay wet longer.

We met at Simones studio to practice some printing techniques using these paints. Sabyl had a jelli square that was also used for the same printing technique. It can be used over and over.

Here is the first step. A square is blocked off with tape. You can use a plexi board, freezer paper, or palette paper.

Then you use a brayer as your painting tool to spread the paint thinly on the board. It takes some practice to get the colors to blend together but not turn to mud.

Then we pushed some stamps into the paint or layed objects ontop. Rubber bands are good as well.

Finally you peel off the tape and lay your paper onto the paint. Rub ontop with a clean brayer or  your hand.

Alla Prima in a Portrait

This is my first attempt in acrylics of a portrait with a live model. I felt out of my comfort zone since I usually draw flowers and landscapes. I signed up for a class with other art educators to learn Alla Prima. From the Italian word which literally means at once.This is where you complete a painting at one time. Our teacher was a young artist who does his own paintings. Daniel Gonzalez. He tried to get us to look for the shapes and values by squinting instead of going for alot of detail at first. I had fun meeting other teachers in the Douglas county area.

Here is the model we were attempting to draw.