It was our favorite night of television, but the circle was calling me! So I sat in front of the tv with some art supplies and started drawing. I used a Pitt calligraphy marker to trace a small circle. My thoughts went to a string of pearls. (Yes, I am that simple.) Well, that's how the queen of O's was started. After drawing the necklace, I sketched the rest with a pencil. 
I can't tell you very much about what was on tv, since I headed for the art table so I could apply paint to paper. I've been using up paint on my palette that is left over from my bird of paradise painting. I just used sequin waste and a stipple brush to stencil in the background. I layered it for depth and to break up the circles a bit.
Now my engine was fired up and I was ready for more. What else could I do with the same tools - sequin waste and circle templates. By placing the sequin waste down first and laying the circle template on top of it, I came up with some pretty nifty circles. I used the same stipple brush and acrylic paint. The paint was a little wetter than I would use for a clean edge. I purposely smudged the edges a bit after removing the template. 
I saw a group of topiaries, so I just filled in with simple shapes.This technique could really be expanded on and I think I'll be playing with it a bit more. I did one more page that night, but I'll save it for my next post.
2 comments:
I love your topiaries....what a pretty painting! So many great ideas using the circle for these crusades..you're getting a lot of mileage out of your shape! Awesome!
I've been browsing your blog for a while, and I love all your ideas! You're so creative! I love these topiaries, and the use of the circle and the grid! I'm the smae, I love using all sorts of stuff to create textures! Thanks for sharing your experiments!
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