Day 29: paint like frosting

AbstractHighlandPaintings 2
Abstract Highlands, 10x15cm, oil on canvas.

Stepping away from the smooth white skies of yesterday, I decided to play around with some thick impasto abstract skies today. Which do you prefer?

The paint on these reminds me of frosting, like what you would put on Christmas cookies. Mmmmm frosting. Maybe I should go back and paint another cupcake or two.

AbstractHighlandPaintings 1
Abstract Highlands, 10x15cm, oil on canvas.

It will be a long time before these two dry, but fortunately I don’t always paint this thickly. I added a bunch of the other new AEDM paintings to my Etsy shop yesterday, and now there are over 70 paintings in it (by far the most stocked it has ever been). The 10% off coupon (HOLIDAYS2014) will be good through (Cyber) Monday.

———-
It’s Art Every Day Month! Towards the end of the month, these new daily paintings will be available to purchase in my Etsy shop. Check out Leah’s blog for more information about Art Every Day Month, or follow the discussion on Twitter with the #aedm2014 hashtag.

4 thoughts on “Day 29: paint like frosting”

    • I don’t think it would be quite the same if the brush strokes and underlying textures were mismatched, but I’m sure the results would be interesting. I’d probably try modeling paste instead of gesso for thick textures.

      Reply

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.