Workshop Barn-house

Barn-house

Trying to catch up.  This was done end of April so I am posting that date!!!.  Continuing with working on pressed cardboard. This was done on red ochre toned cardboard.  I am really liking the effects of using this medium although there things that I can't do because it is essentially a paper.

Trying to explore the textures using diluted paint and thicker layers using a palette knife.

 Oils on Cardboard

37 x 52 cm

Interested Kitty

On table easel

Have since bought a new easel

Workshop Farm House with Chickens

Another farm house done on grey pressed cardboard. Oils using brush and palette knife. I am really enjoying this media and am learning to cope with the pros and cons.  One can't use the baby wipes to take off paint as one can on canvas because of the paper structure of the cardboard... but if it is still wet can be very lightly taken off with a palette knife and when dry painted over.  Not too happy with the way the chickens came out.

35 x 45 

Workshop Landscape on Hard Pressed Cardboard

I have been experimenting with this new format which is a hard 1/8" thick grey cardboard... I use mostly oils which take on a new quality because the format absorbs much of the oil and it dries faster allowing work in several layers... I use brush and palette knife. In this image I also used wax/oil crayons.  Painted on an red ochre background. 

38 x 52 cm