First, the pure whites on the birds were misketed to protect them from any more paint. Some of the blues were also miskited for the same reason. Then, the entire surface of the paper was sprayed, which didn't harm the fluid acrylics in any way. Using a large brush to glaze over the whole painting, I washed on Transparent Pyrrol Orange, a beautiful fluid acrylic color from Golden. DaVinci may carry it too.
Popcorn salt was sprinkled over the damp, glistening glaze in a few areas to allow the colors underneath to surface. After the orange glaze dried, some more darks were also added in the background to help settle it down.
I'm much happier with it now, and it'll be one to take this weekend to Indianapolis for my demo at the Watercolor Society of Indiana meeting. If you have time, let me know if you like the change. The newly glazed one is the first one posted. Thanks.
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The glazing looks wonderful to me. It gives it a punch.
ohhh ahhh I like the warmer color. Very cool Sandy!
Hi Sandy, What a difference the glazing made. I do like the glazed version much better. It looks so alive with warmth.
Wow what a difference. The first was a good painting but the changes made it so much more vibrant, warm and inviting. It is so good to see your watercolors again.
I like the two older version of pigeons, but the newer foliage and ground are fabulous! :)
Much livelier with the changes you made! I like it a lot.
Sandy...I will ALWAYS go for the slightly warmer colors! I like this one a lot and it looks to be more alive to me. Good luck!
The warmth in that top one, is so beautiful!!! I love this.
The newly glazed painting is beautiful and warm - though I really liked the older version too. They make me think of early morning and late afternoon lighting. Can I ask why you sprayed it before glazing? I'm so nosy, aren't I?
Either way, it's a terrific painting. I can't decide which version I like best. Too bad you couldn't keep both. :-)
Sandy, I just looked at your album of Yupo paintings, and all I can say is Wow!!!!! I could entertain myself for hours looking at these. Your Yupo's are by far the best I've ever seen!
Thank you everyone, for your comments. 'THEY' say that warmer temperature paintings sell better, too, so maybe that's another reason to make me like this way better. We'll see.
In response to Deb's comment about why spray the painting before glazing -- when using fluid acrylics on dry paper, they instantly leave a hard edge wherever the brush touches. On wet paper, there's no edge created so that's why I had to spray the whole paper.
It's the weirdest thing to spray or brush water over the whole painted acrylic picture and not have anything move or bleed, like it would with watercolors. It's pretty cool. Learned this in a Nick Simmons workshop, along with about a thousand other wonderful tips! Thanks, Nick.
And Meere, I did like the coolness of those original birds and tried to maintain some of it. My son saw the pix tong=ight and asked me what show I was going to enter it in.
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