Texture and Colour

It's only a start and it had gone wrong already at this stage, but here's some progress...

I was disappointed (but should've been aware!) at how impossible it was to apply the paint with my fingers or hands, thereby requiring a brush and thereby changing the initial effect I was looking for.

However, painting is a voyage of discovery - always - and this one is ready for some more work on it. I wonder how it will turn out? I'll show you a close-up next time, so as you see the fabulous texture.

Something's Cooking

Why else would I be using a colander and food bags in my studio?

To select fine sawdust from the coarse stuff, that's why; and then to sprinkle it over the canvas to create a fabulously rough texture base to paint on.

Watch this space. It's further ahead than this now but it's killing me to have to wait for the next layer to dry!