Sometimes you work, and work, and work on a piece of art and nothing comes together on paper (canvas) like your head has visions of it being. That, y'all, is most definitely what's happening with these sea turtles. UGH!
After the texture medium was good and dry I used the Elmer's glue to outline the turtle shells ...
A couple of hours later I put on the first layer of color ...
Then more color ...
Detail of color ...
More color and a dash or two of iridescent glitter for fun ...
Detail of color and glitter ...
When all that was dry I washed on a mixture of white, very pale purple and aqua to begin the foaming of the waves ...
I tweaked and tinkered and tweaked some more until I realized it just wasn't coming together.
Right now, I'm waiting for the nice, fresh coat of texture medium I spread over the entire thing to dry. When it's ready, it's going to get a pretty coating of gesso to obliterate everything I've done thus far and make it a blank white canvas again. When all else fails, drop back and punt.
Namaste', y'all ...
After the texture medium was good and dry I used the Elmer's glue to outline the turtle shells ...
A couple of hours later I put on the first layer of color ...
Then more color ...
Detail of color ...
More color and a dash or two of iridescent glitter for fun ...
Detail of color and glitter ...
When all that was dry I washed on a mixture of white, very pale purple and aqua to begin the foaming of the waves ...
I tweaked and tinkered and tweaked some more until I realized it just wasn't coming together.
Right now, I'm waiting for the nice, fresh coat of texture medium I spread over the entire thing to dry. When it's ready, it's going to get a pretty coating of gesso to obliterate everything I've done thus far and make it a blank white canvas again. When all else fails, drop back and punt.
Namaste', y'all ...
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