September 12
Try This – Background 2
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This month, I’m preparing some backgrounds because I want to paint more of the girls I learned to paint in Juliette Crane’s How To Paint A Girl e-course.
This week’s background was a little experiment. All the paints I used are Martha Stewart Crafts Satin Acrylics.
I painted the background Blue Calico.
After that coat of paint dried, I painted over it with Tartan Red.  Using stamps, I pushed into the wet paint to reveal the blue paint underneath.
This didn’t give me the effect I was looking for. When I try this again, I will use something with more substance, like a sponge.
To get more blue into the background, I wadded up a piece of aluminum foil, applied some blue paint and dabbed it on to the canvas.
It’s a simple background, but I think it will work. I may add more color once I get a girl painted on it.
Daily Inspiration
 
Labor gives birth to ideas.
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That must have been fun! Reminds me of kindy days when we would put paint in starch, then paint the starch on paper and run our fingers through it. Oh, and potato stamps! Thanks for reminding me 🙂
Wow–that’s an amazing background! I can imagine doing something similar with painting the interior walls in a house, with good results.
Oooo! I like this background. How creative!
I love these colors and what a great idea to use the foil!
I think the background looks great! You’ve got some good ideas for texture!
Very pretty! It reminds me of some of the techniques that were used in our house. The person who owned it before us, loved to paint and loved to try new techniques. Some worked…and some didn’t. LOL
That’s so pretty!
Nola