In The Studio Late Febuary 2013

New Painting Supports:

Here are some process photos...

I Started these pieces knowing I wanted to work on various shapes, I like the notion of the image being framed in a new way.

I'm using half inch ply-board, its easy to cut with a electric jigsaw.

I drew the large circle by making a make-shift compass with a drawing pin and string, for the heart shape below I made a half heart stencil from cardboard this helped me keep heart shape symmetrical.

The wooden board had some imperfect texture to it, some of which was quite deep, this is normal with board like this.

After lots of sanding with an electric sander. I first used a 3D acrylic paste to prime and fill the surface imperfections of the new shape. I used a plastic card to apply this, when this was fully dry I sanded the surface again and began to prime the supports with an acrylic based primer.

I used a small sponge roller to apply the primer this gave the surface a soft grainy tactile texture much like an interior wall that has been painted this way.

The priming usually takes about a day to complete as the layers of primer have to be dry before the next coat can be applied.

Three coats of primer later... I then painted the new supports in pastel pink and blue acrylic paint. <3 div="" end...="">