I spent the afternoon working on this painting, using acrylic glazing and layering techniques. The glazes were done by diluting the paint with acrylic glazing medium.
I love the way glazes create softness and subtle shadings, these are caused by the overlapping layers of color added to the painting.
Work In Progress
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Tomorrow the World Wide Sketch Crawl will be held locally at Ghirardelli square and the Marina in San Francisco. Go to Sketch Crawl for more info.
In addition to Sketch Crawl, my husband is really anticipating the great chocolate experience to be found at Ghirardelli square, I think he mentioned a chocolate sundae with the [...]
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Here are two photos of something I was working on today, I had a lot of fun with this project using a canvas I had prepared with gesso, tissue paper, and various rice papers.
My intent was to play with color and lifting techniques with no particular design element in mind, so when I took [...]
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Today I experimented with creating some more acrylic textures, this time I used Atelier acrylics, Golden acrylics, and Liquitex acrylics.
Test Series #1
Test Series #2
Test Series #3
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“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to [...]
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What is it about Spring that fills us with the urge to throughly clean our house from top to bottom all in one day?
This morning I found myself putting on a Tina Turner CD, and then I proceeded to dust down the ceiling and the corners of the walls, and by the time I [...]
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Yesterday I spent some time creating some interesting background textures with alcohol, wax crayons, salt, and lifting techniques with fabric, toilet paper, etc…
Afterwards I decided I would try some of these techniques on the canvas below, the under painting is almost finished, but it still needs more work before I can begin experimenting.
Below is an [...]
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Dream Thyme was signed and finished this morning, and I moved onto my next project.
Dream Thyme
Acrylic Mixed Media & Collage on canvas
16 x 20 inches
“May you have warm words on a cold evening,
a full moon on a dark night,
and a smooth road all the way to your door”.
- Celtic Blessing
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The Spring Equinox! A time when the light and dark are in perfect balance.
As I look outside my window the sun is shining, the sycamore trees are beginning to leaf out, and this for me is the time of the year that always stirs up feelings of hope, expectation, joy, and wander lust.
I [...]
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I finished The Buddha Within, and here are a couple of close up photos.
Reflections Of The Inner Spirit Series
The Buddha Within
Rose Arizmendi (C) 2008
Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
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