I had not worked in acrylics since I fell in love with encaustics over a year ago. It was so much fun to work spontaneously without having to fuse each layer. I also worked with a "dirty brush" technique, using only about 5 brushes total for all of the paintings. Usually with encaustics, I keep my brushes in separate colors, unless I am mixing on the griddle palette. To see more about how encaustic paintings are done, check out the links above.
All of these paintings are in progress, and most are just an exploration of color. I favored soft formed geometric rectangles for this session, and some of these will be pushed up next to one another to form more complex shapes and movement. For now, here are 11 of the 21 claybord paintings. Enjoy!
Acrylic painting on 6x6 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.1 © 2009 Jaime Lyerly
Acrylic painting on 6x6 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.2 © 2009 Jaime Lyerly
Acrylic painting on 6x6 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.3 © 2009 Jaime Lyerly
Acrylic painting on 6x6 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.4 © 2009 Jaime Lyerly
Acrylic painting on 6x6 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.5 © 2009 Jaime Lyerly
Acrylic painting on 6x6 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.6 © 2009 Jaime Lyerly
Acrylic painting on 6x6 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.7 © 2009 Jaime Lyerly
Acrylic painting on 6x6 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.8 © 2009 Jaime Lyerly
Acrylic painting on 6x6 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.9 © 2009 Jaime LyerlyThese last two are done on 5x5 inch claybord; same exploration of color, but without the geometric shapes on a slightly smaller sized board.
Acrylic painting on 5x5 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.10 © 2009 Jaime Lyerly
Acrylic painting on 5x5 inch claybord, 8.8.2009.11 © 2009 Jaime LyerlyThanks for checking out my art in progress (see more by clicking these link). I have much more painting to be done on these and the ten other ones that did not make the cut for my blog. I did document the other ten, so you may get to see them if they progress into something more than they are now. I am going to work more on some acrylic paintings this weekend, and will have more to share soon.
Find some inspiration in color and Happy Art Making! ~ Jaime Lyerly
Find some inspiration in color and Happy Art Making! ~ Jaime Lyerly
The colors are lovely! Great work!
ReplyDeletehi jaime - nice beginnings. it must have been so freeing to work this way after all your encaustic work.
ReplyDeletei look forward to seeing where you go with them.
(i follow you on twitter and just now found your blog! check out mine, too - and drop me a line!)
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Thanks for checking them out, Susan. I worked on them a few weeks ago and need to get some more pictures up. I still love my encaustics more than acrylics, but it was freeing to work heat-free for a while.
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