(adjusted price...$40.00)
"The colorful atmosphere of continual thought needs to be sorted and organized." This image was designed to create texture with text piled upon text. The truth is ...we cannot always control thoughts that come to mind, but we can do an immediate deletion of the negative ones and feed our minds with the positive ones.
Even when creating pieces with abstract concepts...the underlying shapes and structure are still important. The first layer ended up being an assortment of different sized vertical bands with a decision to paint over one of them with black gesso to ground the piece. A very dark brown, blue, or deep red would also have worked. Black, however, is a good choice when you want drama. The overlapping text created a contrast to the vertical bands of color, but then there was the issue of too many straight lines. The medallion created a point of interest and a round shape.
The medallion was created with a modeling paste designed specifically for gouache. It is a Turner product with an acryl base. (Jerry's Artarama carries this product.) It behaves much the same way as Golden Acrylic Light Modeling Paste, but I think it has less polymer. It receives gouache with no problem. I also created texture by stamping into the medallion. It is a "dicey" proposition because the paste sticks to the stamp. However, a light spray of cooking oil on the stamp (remove excess) will allow you success. Just something to try or think about.
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