7:3 (Grey) – Notes

 

• Used orange tape for lines & fixed the tape to the back of the canvas frame with beige masking tape

• Used two coats of sealer (GAC 200 & 500 mixture)

 

• Mixed black & white acrylic to make grey

• Needed three coats to cover the black canvas

• Used saran wrap to cover the unused mixed paint while the previous coat was drying – worked quite well

 

• Decided to test the motions, shapes and paint mixtures on a test canvas

• Used a canvas that Dana had given me 

• Taped and sealed the canvas (one coat of sealer)

• Tried several types of painting knives – settled on the ones listed in the Painting Documentation

• Used a small arrow-head painting knife to apply two or three dabs of contrasting colors placed side by side - then mixed/ dragged/ squiggled with painting knives

• Determined that the best result was obtained by the following sequence: 2 dabs of paint, apply painting knife, do a third dab, final motion with painting knife

 

• For the final painting, chose black, white, red and yellow

• Followed the procedure: 2 small dabs of paint, apply painting knife, do a third small dab, final motion with painting knife

• All motions were from the top to the bottom

• Sometimes more than one motion was used on the final squiggle to achieve a satisfactory mixture, but the fewer the motions, the better 

 

• Definitely a break-through painting – the heart was pounding & hands were shaking. Truly excited!

• Needs to be viewed as closely as possible