I've been having such fun this week, experimenting with Brusho in class. A friend brought some in for me to try that she had used for textiles. Here is a taster of Brusho. Polly style. You may have heard of it. It is like table salt. I am going on a course in August with
Joanne Boon Thomas (check out her site, her work is fabulous). Well I had no idea what to do with it. I soaked the paper and picked up a few grains and dropped them onto the wet paper like you would salt on watercolours. Woosh! It looked like fireworks on the paper. But what to do with it next? The first pic I made into a tree from La La Land. I realised that if I put the paper upside down it would run and look like grass, well sort of. The second I just used two colours, or was it three, and then when dry I used negative shapes to make flowers and added some raw sienna watercolour.
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| It's a happy tree! (Brusho w/c branches) |
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| Brusho colours Turquoise, red and blue then added raw sienna watercolour |
I took the Brusho home and was so worried about the mess I painted outside. I did the same but decided not to use my fingers as they were still blue and purple so picked up a few grains on a brush and dropped them on the wet paper (my hands were still a mess when I'd finished) sprayed some water on the painting and put it vertical. Then I put screwed up cling film on the top and left to dry. My hands were cold and painful by this time but I was determined to finish. This painting is in progress ......
My idea was that I didnt want to use it like watercolour, what's the point, might as well use watercolour! So wanted to do something completely different, for me! Talk about exciting.
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| Brusho explosion! This is what it looks like after dropping in just a few grains of and dried flat! I didn't have to do anything else. |
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Cling film added
Hope you enjoyed reading about brusho. |
