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Monday, January 28, 2013

Fabric Collage painting with pastels and acrylics.

I have been experimenting with pastels lately and love mixing them with gesso and acrylic paint. There are so many beautiful colors in pastels that I can't always find with paints so mixing them with paint or gesso has been a great experiment for me. Golden makes a great product, Acrylic Ground for Pastels which creates a great, gritty surface to apply the pastels and when you apply it with a pallete knife it creates texture and depth in your paintings. I love this stuff!
I really like painting over the fabric. I found, though that I had to do quite a bit of sanding to distress and imbed the fabric deeper in the work. Finding an old eyelet blouse of mine, I promptly ripped up to use in this piece, which you can see on the figure.
I filmed this whole process and will be teaching a class. Details coming soon. Thanks for visiting!


Here is the start of this painting. I used matte medium to collage papers and fabrics (vintage hankies and linens).
I apply soft pastels in different areas of the painting to block in colors.
I paint with both acrylic titanium white and gesso and mix the pastels to create tones.
I then concentrate on the face using acrylics and alcohol inks.
I have some reference of birds on a branch to create the linear image next to the figure.
I collage over some areas to pull the piece together.
The final painting.
Here is a close up of the side...lots of texture to look at.
Here is a close up of the figure.



4 comments:

  1. love seeing the progression of this- so beautiful (might need one to come live with my other one one day ;) ).
    I really love mixing gesso with various different mediums as well- sister paint alchemist

    Gxx

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  2. Oh Kate, this painting is glorious. I love the mood you have created with all the different mediums and that you have shared your process with us!
    roxanne

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  3. Absolutely fascinating. Love it. Just heard about you from Donna Downey who will be taking your class in NC. Lucky Donna! I live outside the US, but will now check your blog regularly.

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  4. A very gorgeous and expressive painting. The combination of collage and fabric is perfect and impressive.

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