Sometimes I get an urge to do a little mixed media...I don't know if you could even call it that, but I love sketching in ink and sometimes I like to try to mix that in with my usual oils. What usually happens is I use the oils more like watercolors...I don't know what to call it, but it's fun.
I was tried a different approach to this little painting, sometimes I feel like I just have to try something new....it doesn't always work, but I always learn from it. I like how this one turned out though. I started by covering the canvas with a very dark, almost black solid wash. Then I painted as usual but made sure to leave some parts unpainted....something I never do.
For those of you who live in the Santa Barbara area...and care about this sort of thing :)....I have a few pieces up for the month of November at Gallery 113 in Santa Barbara. The First Thursday reception is tomorrow night (Nov 4). I'm a little ashamed to say that I've never even been to one of these first thursday events, tomorrow will be the first, but I hear it's a great time.
