Textures

Sunday morning is for drinking tea, listening to PJ Harvey (thanks Kirsten for reminding me), quietness, and laying down some textures. The studio/basement is clean. Fall is here today (46° F).

Here’s a pic of Scout when the studio was upstairs:

 

I’ve been working in acrylic, on plywood panels. I was using normal plywood at first, then tried some “oak” plywood, but I noticed the surface is veneer, which seems fragile. I found some baltic birch at the local Woodcraft store. It is much more uniform, has nice even layers. The only limit is that they only carry it in smaller sizes. And it is expensive, but it seems worth it.

I like painting on wood because it is hard and can take some abuse. You can layer up thick patches of paint and not worry about it sagging the way canvas does.

Here’s a painting I’m working on.

The bottom half wasn’t working out so I cut it in half and put a second panel on the bottom for the houses. Now there is a nice ragged seam between the tree branch and the houses. You can’t do that with canvas. Well, you could glue a piece of canvas on top of another piece, but it doesn’t have the same physicality.