This is one I did last year, more about process than painting. I did a
lot wrong with this one, but the end result was still fun playtime. I came across a reference to using textured gels and other mediums with OP's and I hadn't tried it yet. Whew!
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The first thing I did wrong was reach for Arches OIL paper, when I knew I was going to be using water on this gel.
It buckled of course, and we had to fight about it. After letting it dry overnight, it had smoothed back enough where I could continue.
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Scumbled in the OP's all over the dry pumice. The pumice was very durable, didn't chip off, basically just ate up the OP's. I was using my cheaper, hard Cray-Pas Expressionist for this step. I could have gone with even cheaper OP's, since naturally the pumice ate everything.
To blend the OP's into the pumice, I used Turpenoid with a stiffer brush. The oil paper does fine with Turpenoid, as opposed to water, so everything spread nicely. I wasn't sure how the pumice would accepted the Turpenoid, but it was fine.
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I got lots of rough, bumpy texture, which was great for this barnyard scene. I left it all pretty loose, in a folk art kind of way, which is different than what I usually do.
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It was fun! I'll try it again, maybe go for a beach, or other sandy scene. All comments welcomed and appreciated. Thanks for looking!
