NIC Session #2

Session #2: TEXTURE & SALT

Salt – Burnt sienna and ultramarine blue were mixed to make a soft grey that covered the paper, then a few light sprinkles of fine table salt across the top, then more across the middle, then LOTS of salt along the bottom to determine how much salt is enough salt and how much is too much.

Salt - cadmium yellow and ultramarine blue were mixed on the page, then a few crystals of coarse salt were sprinkled into the wet paint. Eventually, white “flowers” were formed which a few short strokes with a small brush connected.

Salt – using a grey mixed from cadmium red and ultramarine blue, paint a field wash from the top about ½ way down, then water it out. Wait a few moments (until it looks less shiny) then sprinkle fine salt and a little coarse salt into the damp paint. Lift the board on a dramatic diagonal tilt to make the salt drag. The idea is to create the look of rain or blowing snow, but, this didn’t work very well, so a wet brush was dragged across diagonally.

Scratching – Mix cadmium red and ultramarine blue, fill the page with colour, then – working quickly – paint from side to side top to bottom. With a tongue depressor, flat to the surface, scrape heavy trunks (bottom up), then turn it on its thin edge and pull branches from the trunks. If the paint has sat for a bit, and you press the T/D flat, you can drag the paint off – creating a white shape.

Working with the paper vertical,  paint a coloured shape, water the edges all around, scratch into it then wipe from top to bottom with a clean sponge. Make the scratches as interesting as possible. Drop a little more colour here and there.

Paint a coloured shape, water the edges all around, scratch into it then wipe from top to bottom with a clean sponge. Drop a little more colour here and there.

Place a price sticker (circle) on the dry paper, then starting from the top, paint a field wash that begins ultramarine blue, sgifts to water, then shifts to cadmium red and yellow ochre mixture. Scratch foreground grasses then remove sticker.

Combining techniques: drop mixture of burnt sienna and ultramarine blue in shape towards top, ending in a line at the base, then soften the edges with clear water. Scratch with brush handle to create tree mass, then wipe away with clean sponge. Take more colour and drop it back into the scratched mass, then bring ultramarine blue into corners and up to the mass, dragging down into the mass here and there.