Flexible Modeling Paste

Cool new product time! If you haven't used modeling paste before - prepare to be amazed! Included in this blog post are pictures of what I was able to do with the paste, for a friend of mine. The product I chose to talk about today is Liquitex Flexible Modeling Paste.

I started by blocking in my color and then placing the paste. I used a painting knife to place it, but it could be easily spread any number of ways. This stuff is amazing. Its flexibility allows for use on canvas. That just means that it will not crack off when or if the canvas ends up moving.

Because I am an oil painter working with acrylic can feel a little weird. There are all kinds of products that you can use to change the properties of acrylic paint. This one you can tint but I chose to just paint right over the top soon as it was dry. I think it came out pretty cool (so does my friend).

If your in the market, it is available from Quality Art in Garden City.

Liquin Impasto is AMAZING!

I cant go a day without finding something new and cool at Quality Art in Garden City.
Can I just say that I love working at an arts and crafts store but it can be hard sometimes to make it home with much of a paycheck! This large, magical tube, is a prime example of finding something cool...

Liquin and my new painting knife.

LIQUIN IMPASTO!



Not only does it speed up dry time with my oil paint, but it helps to retain the buttery consistency that we all love so much. If I am running low on a mixed color I can mix Liquin Impasto into the pile and WALA! I have more paint to work with. It slightly transparentizes the paint but by the final layer I have worked up enough color that it doesnt matter much.

I do not know how I can live without it now that I know it exists!

Copy of a master for mothers day.

I believe that painting works of the masters is a great way to get better at painting by being conscious of what they might have done to complete their painting. This is one that I gave to my boyfriends mother for mothers day. It hangs above her television in the living room. 

ChRistmas Gifts Exposed!

Because a lot of the things that I have been working on recently were intended as gifts for the holiday season I was unable to share their progress on my favorite social website Facebook. Finally I can share a little bit of what I have been sweating on for the past few months.

Fun with Acrylic Paints!

Acrylic paint is probably one of the easiest of the paints to use. Anyone could do this!

Do you have the pesky yard ornament that has faded over the years but you cannot bear to part with it? I have the SOLUTION for you!

ACRYLIC PAINT!

Here are pictured a few before and after pictures. I got bored at a friends one day and we decided to give a makeover to her yard art that had seen better days. The mushrooms are plastic of some sort and the frog is made of wood.

 Before

 After

 Before

After

After we were done working these over there was still some wet paint left so we painted rocks with the kid. That was fun! The one with the googly eyes was me, the grey my friend and the one that looks like an Easter egg is from the child. That was a nice day!