(adjusted price...$60.00...mounted on a 1.50" depth clayboard)
"Santa Fe is painted with a broad brush loaded with burnt sienna." This is my second in a trilogy. If you're like me, you cannot get enough burnt sienna and turquoise. My hope is that you will enjoy just thinking about this "art mecca" of the Southwest. Better yet, you could be inspired to get your paints out this weekend. Whatever you plan, make it fabulous!
This Golden Crackle Medium in this second Santa Fe piece is very pronounced. And if you apply this to a larger piece, you might experience a bit of a wrinkled effect. It's best to use a bit heavier paper than Arches Text Wove. But if it does wrinkle at all, wait until it dries completely and iron it on the back. (I guarantee that if you use 300lb. Hot Press Watercolor Paper, it will not budge!) That would be the answer for a piece larger than a (9" x 12").
Notice that the division of space is basically horizontal bands of color and different texture. Leaving some of the paper free of the crackle medium will give you the contrast of texture. When in doubt about division of space, horizontal bands work every time they're tried.
The beauty of working with acrylics and mediums is that they will do much of the work for you. So if you're feeling adventurous, you might want to try your hand at crackle medium, especially for a stone or rock texture. Just something to think about.
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Yummy! Just perfect.
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