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.
once again i'm running all overmyself not to say "I told you so" but this time to anyone who has ever told me that I think to much or dwell. They always say i'm wrong but every once in a while something like this surfaces and says otherwise.
Go ahead and say "I told you so"....if it makes you feel better- then by all means- Let it out.
Are you trying to say that I told you that you "think too much/ dwell on things."? I gave you the analogy of the dog chasing its tail only because I do it myself...which is fine...it doesn't matter if the dog ever catches its tail. The important thing is that the dog has fun and learns a thing or two while circling after that tail! ;-)
Anyways...if you think I said you "were wrong"...that wasn't my point. I was just making observations..not trying to be mean or put you down.
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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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Are you trying to say that I told you that you "think too much/ dwell on things."? I gave you the analogy of the dog chasing its tail only because I do it myself...which is fine...it doesn't matter if the dog ever catches its tail. The important thing is that the dog has fun and learns a thing or two while circling after that tail! ;-)
Anyways...if you think I said you "were wrong"...that wasn't my point. I was just making observations..not trying to be mean or put you down.
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