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Tuesday 5 March 2013

BRUSHO PAINTINGS

I have returned the Brusho to Enid  The adventure is over for now!  In August I go to Joanne Boon Thomas for a day workshop, so that should be fun, fun, fun. Here are three paintings and a pic of the box, especially found on the internet for Renate.  I have found you can buy it from Amazon uk 12 colours £17.13 and 8 colours for £12.50 (+ postage ofcourse).


Ok here goes - First one is entitled The Angel of the North West.  Based on the Angel of the North in Northumberland. You can just about see her tiny face
This next one is Under the Sea 
This was Marion's idea (my art teacher) because I wanted to preserve the beautiful bursts of colour.

Finally, this one ended up really dark, I think this is a problem to be aware of when using a dye based medium. And no way can you wash it out.  I didn't want to use bleach as I figures this may damage the paper. I had sprayed it and dried it vertically and then added crumpled up cling film, and lo and behold these trees appeared from nowhere, not only trees but little creepy faces and animals have been added. I have called it The Sinister Forest.


I do hope you have enjoyed sharing these experiments with me. They are all 16 x 10 inches and on rough paper.  You haven't seen my hands dirty with picking up just a few crystals and dropping them on the paper, or my cuffs bright orange from touching the paper when painting my mostly negative shapes. We have a door handle that is red, and I did try and paint outdoors when I created the first starbursts. When I go to the workshop I will need overalls, gloves and who knows what will happen.  What fun!


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16 comments:

  1. Blaga5 March 2013 at 07:07

    Beautiful abstracts with interesting effects and creative negative painting. Evidently you had much fun. Thank you for sharing!

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    1. Polly Birchall5 March 2013 at 08:03

      So not like me, I like to paint from a photograph not using my imagination

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  2. Lorraine Brown5 March 2013 at 13:04

    You have done very well without any instruction. I gave up very quickly especially after all the stains. I like your underwater scene particularly, what I find when you play with a different medium or technique is you do have fun and let loose and sometimes the results really surprise you

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    1. Polly Birchall5 March 2013 at 13:28

      How right you are. The results were a shock, that I came up with different ideas. Whatever next ....

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  3. Jane5 March 2013 at 14:26

    This looks like great fun, and I love when something unexpected happens, like here. The second one is beautiful with all the colors and the last one does indeed look creepy. I can see a lot of scary things :-))

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    1. Polly Birchall6 March 2013 at 00:13

      When I have been on my course I may dabble a bit, but still will prefer my lovely watercolours

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  4. Joan Tavolott6 March 2013 at 19:06

    This looks like a fun material! I don't know if I could work with something so potentially messy.

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  5. Polly Birchall7 March 2013 at 00:20

    I was so worried about getting crystals in the house. So painted outside in the freezing cold, my fingers were numb!

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  6. Judith Farnworth Art7 March 2013 at 13:00

    Thought I had left a comment here, seems to have disappeared!! Brusho really does seem to bring out more creativity in people than watercolour, especially if you want to loosen up in your work......it is so spontaneous as you have discovered and you will love the course with Joanne who will share lots more tips and secrets with you!! These are all lovely and you have managed to keep the colours fresh and lively... brilliant!!

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    1. Polly Birchall7 March 2013 at 13:36

      Thanks for your comments. I never work from my imagination, I use photos so it has been a revelation to me that I can work this way. I am not using brusho again so that when I go to Joanne's course I will have more fun.

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  7. Sadami8 March 2013 at 03:03

    Dear Polly,
    All paintings are wonderful. Very eye catchy and telling stories well. Congrats!!!
    Best wishes, Sadami

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    1. Polly Birchall8 March 2013 at 05:57

      It's so exciting to find something new that you haven't tried before. Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend.

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  8. Debbie Nolan8 March 2013 at 12:50

    Polly all three of these are stunning - my favorite is the second one...love those bursts of color. Sounds like you will have fun at your workshop. Have a great day.

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