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Pink Rose Melange
Watercolor, ink and hot wax on masa paper, 7.5x5.5
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As I sketched out this composition, I didn't really have any idea of where I wanted this painting to go. In a case like this, I let the colors emerge on their own - placing cool by warm, and just dropping in paint intuitively. After the hot wax and cracking, I decided to drop the red into the cracks, instead of staying with a brown. I like this effect! It creates a cool energy in the painting - adding movement. The masa paper is the thickest of the rice papers I have used. When this paper is soaked with paint, I just lay it in the sun to dry before going further. It almost feels like the paper is disintegrating when it is so wet! It is a little difficult getting it to accept so much pigment. Every batik painting is an experiment - and this one is the 645th in as many days.
LOVE this one! Valerie
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting texture to work on.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, Tammie. The masa paper is something I am not familiar with. It has such interesting texture.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this soooo much. Just gorgeous!! Really appealing piece!
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Beautiful painting Tammie. Happy PPF, Annette x
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I love it when a piece of art evolves without us knowing which direction it's going.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous!
Happy PPF to you
this is lovely-great effects with the crackle and color!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, and such lovely textures!
ReplyDeleteOh! I gasped as the picture came up on the screen. How beautiful. This fills my eyes.
ReplyDeleteWow this is truly gorgeous. I love the texture
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