Release of 3 New Designs Today!

Today's post introduces my three new designs!

9" x 12" Kelp Forest L963.

In this 9” x 12” design, Giant String Kelp (aka Bulb Kelp) swirls underwater offering 3 views that start with a close-up of bulbs and streamers flowing from them.  In another area, bulbs and streamers float in the distance.  A third area captures more bulbs and streamers riding the current, farther away still. Kelp “forests,” during growing season, can shoot up 2 feet per day, to reach 250 feet of height!   

6" x 6" Bulbs and Banners s955.

This 6” x 6” design frames a strand of Bulb Kelp (aka Giant String Kelp) as it bobs under ocean waves. Emerging from the bulbs are textured green ribbons that ripple like banners riding on the wind.  Here, those banners are still pointing downward (mostly visible on the lower right), but this stalk of kelp will soon shoot vertically up toward sunlight that shimmers on the water's surface. 

  

4" x 4" Seabed Greens M339.

Giant String Kelp (aka Bulb Kelp) anchors to a rocky seabed and sends green cables ("strings" is a misnomer) up to the water’s surface.  This form of algae is so sturdy that sea otters wrap themselves in its green cables to avoid floating away while asleep.  Measuring 4” x 4“, M339 is the right size for artsy fun on a business trip or vacation.

I'll be making daily posts for the next 7 days or so, showing my art-making adventures with these new masks.

Have you ever tried Brusho watercolor crystals?

 My Brusho crystals have been around a long time. But it's only recently that I've used these watercolor dry pigments with Golden High Flows.  

I'm delighted with what happens when these two media work together on my 3 brand-new releases!  You will be, too, if you like the "loose, painterly" look....

  

Above:  A print made with Kelp Forest L963, using Brusho crystals and Golden High Flow acrylics on Yupo, a synthetic substrate with a smooth surface -- you might even call it a slippery surface.  (You'll see it called "paper" but a more accurate description would be "plastic.")

My personal preference is to use these media on Yupo or some other smooth surface, as shown above.  But I love experimenting, so I tried this approach on textured watercolor paper, just to see what might happen ...

In contrast with my print on Yupo, the example above (made with only a part of Kelp Forest L963 ) flaunts brighter, more intense color.  

But, setting that aside, notice the subtle difference created by the texture itself.  These subtle differences between substrate textures can work toward developing more variety in your range of artworks.

Experimenting helps all of us grow as artists.  So let your imagination take every leap! 

 I hope you'll stick with me as I make daily posts, for a week or so, while I play with my three new releases.  I'll go into more detail about using Brusho (and Brusho clear wax crayons) with step-by-step demo photos and write-ups.  I'll do likewise with my playtimes using heavy-body acrylic paints .... and "melting" color crayons ... and trying a whole new approach to collage using stencil- or mask-prints.

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