Mx.D.P

It is sunny with a fresh breeze on the beach. It was a perfect opportunity to try out the new painting bench. I started with a couple of layers of Liquitex clear gesso. This has a crystal aggregate that gives tooth to the canvas, and I know from previous experiments that I can lay watercolours over this. They have to be wax sealed, but I will do that anyway… the glitter will be interesting… more on that later, no doubt…

Once the gesso dried… it dries quickly with a sea breeze—I started to apply my shapes using three types of structural gel… gloss heavy Liquitex, super heavy matt Liquitex, and a Daler structural gel. I then let this dry, followed by another coat of clear gesso.

Once dried, I got to work with Indian ink and tattoo ink, which were splattered and mouth-blown. Alcohol ink was flung, and heavy pink fluorescent acrylic paint was splattered and spread using palette knives, large brushes, and garlic leaves.

I flung my paint water on the canvas with a good dose of spit… I’m saving my urine for the watercolour layers…

I hate them so far… which is probably a good start…