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more christmas presents – paintings

1 February, 2010 | Filed under: paint and tagged with: acrylic, resin

Here is a series of paintings I made as Christmas gifts for some of the girls. The cherry blossom branch and goldfish were drawn on printed paper (apparently a Japanese children’s story), then inked, painted with acrylics and cut out with an exacto knife. The wood canvases (6″x6″) were treated with acrylic washes and different textures, then the images were sealed on with gel medium and finished with a thick coat of resin. The moon was painted on a sheet of Nick Cave lyrics (whom the recipients are huuuge fans of), then cut out and sealed onto the canvas with gel medium. The tree, owl, rabbit and hill silhouettes were painted with black acrylics (each of the recipients associate with one of the animals). The canvas (8″x10″) is finished with a thick coat of resin.

Goldfish

goldfish-web
goldfish-closeup

Cherry Blossoms

cherry-blossom
cherry-blossom-closeup

By the light of the pale moon

under-the-pale-moon
under-the-pale-moon-closeup

Pretty happy with how they all turned out – just enough of the text shows through the paintings that I think it adds a neat texture to it. I also added a touch of metallic paint to each (gold on the fish’s scales, bronze on the cherry blossom branch, and sliver highlights on the tree) that I’m really happy still show through the resin. I really love how the resin makes all the colours seem to pop more :D

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3 Responses to "more christmas presents – paintings"

  1. AlwaysInspired says:
    9 February, 2010 at 11:54 am

    I love the fish! I commented on them over on craftster too!

    Reply
    1. admin says:
      9 February, 2010 at 12:23 pm

      thanks lady!!!

      Reply
  2. Fitch McErly says:
    1 February, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    They glisten so nice ! I particularly like the style of the tree and how the bunny came out.

    Stix & Stones

    Reply

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