Art ideas.... DIY abstract canvases etc

JennyP

MMF007 wrote: »

I got my paints out yester and had fun!
I chose / made up several greens, a very dark navy and used some white and some of the yellow to paint a canvas with a rough paint brush that had been bought for decorating! I liked the colours and the brush strokes but it was fairly 'flat'. I did use heavy body acrylics for some texture

I took an old bangle, placed it on the wet paint and used a spoon handle to drag a circle in the wet paint within the bangle. I did 3 of these circles. I than applied size inside the circles and added 'gold' leaf. I used it sparingly on the first circle, but added more to the second and lots to the third.

Finally I splattered 'size' on the canvas, fairly sparingly, and dotted flecks of gold leaf on. I am looking at it now and considering adding a very few tiny flacks of contrasting colour (red is calling to me!).

timehastoldme, I LOVE THAT PICTURE :T

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When it's finished, please could you post a photo? It sounds great!

MMF007

Ooh, not sure how to post pics. Will check guidance and see if I can!

Today I had more abstract fun. This time a smaller piece with various red, orange and yellow tones. Tiny bit of turquoise dragged through in places. Finished with some fake gold leaf (I am addicted to this now. Had it ages, I mean ages. Can't even remember why I bought it, think it was for card making). Painted segments of roughly one third to two thirds. Added several 'dog-legged' lines of rough gold leaf. It is quite pretty and a real contrast to the first effort!

Unfortunately I did this one on canvas board but the finished article is small, 7 x 5", so it will look a bit lost if I frame it*. If I had done it on paper or thin canvas I could have made iit into a greetings card!
*Ah, perhaps a big, coloured mount would do the trick?!