acrylic aceo paintings B&W
Hi again, well I have been playing with some acrylic paints and mountboard, and a set of palette knives. I was trying to produce some backgrounds for some ATC/ACEO's in the manner of Lisa Vollrath on her GMS website. She uses this sort of technique on paper in this tutorial. I decide I wanted some sturdy card backings and decided to use up some old mountboard - of course this hasn't much tooth, almost a smooth surface and the way you use the palette knife including the pressure gives some pretty startling effects. let me show you a few after I cropped them to size:-
Interesting, non? I am going to keep a few of the more interesting ones, as aceo's in their own right.
I have done several of these now in various colour combinations, but these B&W ones were the first that I had cropped to size and I was astounded by the images which came thro'. Must experiment with this technique a little more. May be some more of these to come, watch this space.
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wowee, John what an interesting effect. Loving those top 2. they look like landscapes at sea. can't think of theplace that comes to mind.
The first one made me think of a combination of Durdle Door near Weymouth abd Bedruthen Steps, North Cornwall. But I was amazed at the effect.
These are very interesting. I will have to give this technique a try.
Have to confess.. the technique was completely random. I used aprox. 10 X 7 inch sized board (left overs) and the pieces in the post are ATC sized 3.5 X 2.5 inch. Again the pieces were cut at random. It was only when I saw them at that size that I noticed the images. -John
these are fabulous!
Very cool. I looked at the images before I read your write up and I thought the first one was a B&W landscape with birds in the background. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Linda, that's one interpretation that I hadn't thought of......... it is marvellous the way that the human brain works for different people. Thanks for commenting - John
John, thanks for the link to your site; these are fascinating. I see why you left them 'as is.' They look like fantastic icebergs. I love to make backgrounds, and sometimes you get something that's just too good to cover up. Cheers!
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