Trade-secret...LOL... Hmmmm...Maybe I have pet Scarab Beetles building texture for me!?!?!?!???? ;-)
Seriously though- I use everything I can get my hands on- and push it hard...sculpt it in strange and bizarre ways, use weird tools- both natural and manmade, to make imprints and build up the 3-d effects. Some of my favorite "textural toys" are- gel medium, modeling paste, thick layers of paint and sand. Liquitex and Golden make really fun texture gels, using real minerals like crushed garnets and mica in them.
I also get that "mineral effect", using experimental painting techniques that I've discovered over the years...it's all about building up the layers...and there's a lot of metallics and INTENSE pigment color-washes involved.
Definately...Please "borrow/share" it! I found it in a book titled "The Soul Of Creativity- Insights Into The Creative Process."- Published by "New World Library" It's a complilation of several authors on the subject- a very powerful and healing book.
Texture Gels are a lot of fun- make sure you have a good palette knife, to spread them around. I also just use plain old Gel Medium and add sand or mica to it. :-)
if it's not a trade secret, what do you use for texture? your pieces have such a...i dunno...mineral-like?...quality to them.
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Seriously though- I use everything I can get my hands on- and push it hard...sculpt it in strange and bizarre ways, use weird tools- both natural and manmade, to make imprints and build up the 3-d effects. Some of my favorite "textural toys" are- gel medium, modeling paste, thick layers of paint and sand. Liquitex and Golden make really fun texture gels, using real minerals like crushed garnets and mica in them.
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actually, i always see the texture gels, think about them for a bit, then put them back! i might have to go ahead and pick some up!
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Texture Gels are a lot of fun- make sure you have a good palette knife, to spread them around. I also just use plain old Gel Medium and add sand or mica to it. :-)
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