YIKES!! The blank white canvas!!
This is a 36 x36 and these big canvases have been haunting me ever since I bought them. Actually I bought them with the intention of going down to south FL for a workshop called "Larger and Looser" by Robert Burridges but I had to cancel that one. So I am stuck here with about five 36 x 36s as well as some that are a little bit smaller. So today I thought I would just take a deep breath and just do it!
So I thought I would start by just putting paint all over the canvas to loosen up and get familiar with the paint again. I haven't painted with acrylic in a long time. And this is the first time I have used my new painting room and I do love it. The light is great.
I mixed up some yellow ochre and white just to do the negative painting and see if there was a pot of flowers in this hodge podge of paint. Looks like there might be some flowers there. Stay tuned...
Wow, I never thought of negative space done this way...or do I mean positive space? Hmmm. Now you got me. I love this so far... You know what they say, Martha, Go Big or Go Home.
ReplyDeletehmmmm, i have those same canvases, martha......and a load of paint...lol.......have fun....
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought 24X24 was big. I finally got rid of them because they were haunting me. Looks like you have the start of something good.
ReplyDeleteMy heart is pounding.
ReplyDeleteOff to Callaway to spend a couple of days with dear friends. Wish you could be there to paint...what
a great inspiration that would be?
xxoo