I recently finished Twilight Zone
It has 10 or so layers on it. The overall image is quite dark and in my opinion has to be viewed in a certain light to be fully appreciated.
Though I do like it, I feel it could have been better.
Maybe it was the Quink ink.
If the ink had the ability to come through all the layers and reach the surface to mix with the varnish/PVA, it may have mixed with each layer without me realising. Even though the colours I put on always seemed bright and colourful when wet, once it had dried and I returned the next day it was always somewhat duller than when it was wet.
Therefore,
I WILL NEVER USE QUINK INK AGAIN.
So,
I have started to do a base coat on another painting, (I can never work on a white base), but using only acrylic! I’m also using a sponge for an even distribution and to eliminate brush stroke lines.
Once the base coat is done this is the painting that I will try to film the process of.
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When in the final stages of the painting I was trying to save a portion of purple that I liked from being consumed by the slow approaching green-blue. So I left a tissue on that spot to soak up any invading paint.
After it had dried and the purple was safe, I looked at the tissue and actually quite liked the colours and shapes it had picked up, so I did more! Maybe I can use them in sketchbook studies by painting/ drawing over them, or just keep them as they are.
