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4/5/2015

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Nostalgia Series -Texture

Autumn weather has arrived and with it a cold southerly front. It's a perfect time to withdraw to the studio.

My boards already have some base layers of paint applied and a few collage pieces arranged. After contemplating the collection of inspiration on my table I decided to start with some texture on my boards. The yellow china plate that I love has an organic feel to it so I decided to search my garden for leaves I could use to suggest this. I returned with plantain lily and hydrangea leaves.
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Plantain Lily (dark bronze) and Hydrangea (green) leaves.
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Collage chaos
I spread a layer of texture paste on the area of board where I wanted texture then pressed the lily leaf into the paste, then lifted it off. The leaf lifted off some of the paste which remained on its surface. I pressed the leaf onto another board to transfer this paste and create more texture. When the textured paste had dried I lightly sanded the surface to round off any edges.

Pictured below is the result, with a couple of layers of paint applied over the top. Still lots more layers to go until these pieces will be finished. Will post an update next week.
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Sue McPhee, Nostalgia Series 2015
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Sue McPhee, Nostalgia Series 2015
Hoping for some warm Autumn sun to quickly dry paint now.

Sue
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