Oh, yeah. That.

The Bubbles! They are FINISHED! (Eh, except for sealing it, that really will have to wait till there is a day where the humidity here is less than 40%. It may be awhile.)

Used eye hook screws and hanging wire on the back, and now this piece is hanging in our living room.

Rob's comment was "I feel like an adult now, with art on the walls."

More Red

Another red added.

A few more circles filled in.

It looks less like the large greyish stretch of nothing now and more like what I had in mind.

I know, the pictures do not do it justice. I prefer the tactile medium of the paint over the plain visual of the photograph myself, but all too often there are things caught in a click moment that someone else posts on their site and I sit in awe at the beauty they are able to capture

more shots

The wide shots, the close up shots, the in-between shots.

dark pink

The darker pink now lays down. I pour it on thick, making waves in the creamy, rich, pink paint.

I do this with all the colors, trying to give the piece a bit of texture.

dark red bubbles

So the color scheme is falling into place, much as the bubbles are closer to "popping" out on their way down. Or up. I'm not quite sure which with some of these, really.

The idea sketched out was a couple of circles in a couple of colors, red, pink, and black. It has grown to fit a 24 inch canvas, with many circles drawn in all over. The hard part so far is when painting in the different colors, not getting them too close to each other. As in the reds can't overlap each other as they blend right into each other. Same with the pinks. (That comes next post.) Anyway, I'm aware that the blending would make it more, well, blended, but I want this one to stand out on it's own. And so far, it really does.

adding black

I layer in the black bubbles.

The black paint is thicker, it responds to the pressure of the brush, to the light from above me.

I'm in the frame of mind where I need something that works for me. Right now it may only be the paint, going where I guide it to go.

Add the pink

Adding the pink bubbles to the red.
Layering of sorts.
Filling in in random increments.





I like the contrast of colors so closely related.

Closeup of Swirls

These are the swirls put into the second base coat to give a bit more texture.

Closeup of Red

Starting Out

Primed canvas.
One coat of light grey.
Next coat of light grey, thick white, metallic white - give some color variation.
Use brush to make circles as texture on canvas.
Draw circles.
Big circles.
Little circles.
Overlapping circles.
Red.
Paint a few random circles in a red.