Seasonal Spirits

The Spirit Of Winter
Acrylic On Canvas Paper
28 x 10"

The Spirit Of Summer
Acrylic On Canvas Paper
23 x 15.5"

     Here are two paintings i recently completed. Both were larger than the paper i had and so required the joining up of two sheets. This worked quite well though and allowed me to make better compositional choices. I like them though the sun looks a little malevolent. Maybe they are evil spirits.

Working Process

Pencil Drawing With Masking Fluid Blobs

First few layers complete

     Above you can see my working process for the painting The Spirit Of Winter. Once the pencil drawing was complete i applied some masking fluid to create little white areas once the paint had been applied. Even though i am using Acrylic this technique still works if the paint is thin. The bottom picture shows how the painting comes to life even after just a few layers of paint have been applied.