Fun and joy!
If I had not been into my paints for a period of time, I enjoy this method as one tends to loosen up and expectations are suspended thus allowing for freer, more spontaneous results.
The secret is in the fluidity of the mixture and not having something specific in mind.
I mix my oil paint with of oil medium ,little linseed oil and turpentine to get a smooth pasty but runny mixture.
I then start pouring the paint onto the canvas using a dropper.
Depending on how adventurous I feel I might even pick the stretched canvas up and twist it around so that the oil can run more freely.
Letting it dry somewhere were I can not see it, I will later look at it (at all angles) to see if there is something vaguely forming that I can relate to. Adding some lines here and there ,I then add some colour just to give more "body" to the figure
Because I live so close to the Kruger National Park and get the opportunity to visit the Park ever so often, so one can understand why my efforts usually end up as some form of animal or bird.
Try it and have some fun with your art!
Vervet monkey,
its always fun to watch them in their natural habitat!
Boy do they have attitude when playing! Just love them!
