Hermes2020
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I believe in "waste not, want not", so this is a trick to use up any leftover paint at the end of a session. Firstly, I always have a few small, primed, and ready to use test canvases at hand in my work area. I like them around 400 x 400mm in size. Then, instead of discarding any paint left on the glass sheets I use as palettes, I slap it onto the test canvases in any way that comes to mind: pouring, splashing, scraping on with a credit card, dabbing on with a rag or sponge, or anything else. I even wipe most of the paint from my brushes onto the canvases before washing them. I like to sprinkle sand on parts of the wet paint as well. This completely unplanned playing with paint is very satisfying and gives me ideas I can use in future. These little "paintings" sometimes turn out so attractively, that I sign them and present them as spontaneous gifts to people who like them.
Here are two recent ones. Both are 400 x 400mm.
Here are two recent ones. Both are 400 x 400mm.