Todays Paintings

I actually finished 4 paintings today... okay they are all similiar and I did them all at the same time so that made it easier and they are only 5"x 7" each. I have had these ceramic hearts that I have been wanting to use for ages that I bought at a market while in Nelson, New Zealand over a year ago.


I am fairly happy with the results especially since they only took me a few hours to do. I took photos during the project so that you could see the process step by step...

Step 1: I sealed the canvases with black acrylic paint and dried.

Step 2: I collaged bits of paper onto the surfaces.
Step 3: I used white stazon ink to stamp on some text, then I started to add some "drippage".
Step 4: I added more paint, sprayed with water, added more paint ensuring I dried the canvases well between colours.
Step 5: I glued a narrow strip of tissue down the side, dried and then sprayed with some Moon Shadow and Glitz Spritz.

Step 6: I darkened up edges and inside with some ink and added some more stamps of script text this time in black. I varnished and then affixed some thread around canvas and attached the ceramic heart.
All done! Now I just need to figure out if I want to keep them or sell them....!

Kim x