Lady at the sea!

experimentɪkˈspɛrɪm(ə)nt,ɛkˈspɛrɪm(ə)nt/noun

1. 1.a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

I like to try out new things and todat I tried to paint by using a wooden spatula I normally use for the gourmet! If you can paint with a palette knife you can also paint with this was my idea!
For this painting I was inspired by a drawing I made a while back and that is now hanging on the wall in my craft room! 

The drawing was made real quick with Talens, waterbrush pens ( Ecoline) on normal paper. I used the image for digital art! But now I wanted to create a real canvas with that inspiration! 

So this morning I gathered my items and sat down in the sun! It's a marvelous day out here! Little bit rain but the sun is out! So, nice and warm behind the glass while looking outside over my desk! 

For the project I used a empty canvas( I say empty, because I also recycle old canvasses!) Acrylic paint( Reeves), a wooden spatula and a old cloth to clean the spatula. No water and no brushes! I also never tried this before and I am only used to mixing the paint with water and then play around with different size brushes. This spatula is just one size and.... well let me tell you it was a challenge! 

First I want to show you the technique I used! I snapped a few pictures of it! 

On this picture you see that I have put some white paint on the top of the wooden spatula. Just straight from the tube on the wood! 

I softly pushed the spatula on the canvas and pull it back. When you push to hard you will hear the wood scratch over the canvas and to aply color at first you do not want that! 

One this picture you see the effect of just one stroke! If you go over it again the colors will spread more and if you ( Like I did) Push harder the colors under it will mix with the top coat! 

For some reason my base coat was drying reallllly fast so I had to rush myself a bit! Bit this is the technique I used for the whole painting! 

I honestly thought it would be so easy to paint this way! I have seen a load of video's of people using palette knifes and wooden sticks. It looked so .... easy while it really is not!
The paint works different, you can't at little details. or at least I could not! :D But it's also a rather quick way of creating a painting! Overall, I really liked doing it! One thing I would like to at is that you use way more paint this way! My poor creditcard shall have a hard time soon seeing I emptied a few colors todays! It's a fun new way of creating an image in a abstract way! 

PROGRESS PICTURES OF THE PAINTING!

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