Getting Ready to Make Acrylic Skins
When you are using a piece of glass as a non-stick surface to create acrylic paint skins, you need just a few supplies. Obviously, you will need some acrylic paints and a medium. You will need a glass plate and some tools to apply and smooth the paint. I found a clear glass panel by a dumpster and cleaned it with some hot water and a little Dawn dish soap followed by denatured alcohol so it would be spotless. I picked up this set of spackling knives at Walmart for $1.97:
The smallest one is great for getting paint out the jars and dispensing on the glass.
While the larger one is best for smoothing and smearing the paint colors together
Another way to approach this would be to spread your medium or main paint color out on the glass and then decorate the top with various paints. That is basically what I did in the photos below.
So what do you do with your paint skins. They look a bit like Van Gough glass that Delphi carries. http://www.delphiglass.com/stained-glass/van-gogh-glass/ I do a lot of mosaic work but I have not yet tried to see how the glass would cut or nip with an acrylic skin attached to it. Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting on my extruding experiments. I've enjoyed looking at your pages - your sculpture are really nice. Blessings Margot
ReplyDeleteOh no, Iremove the paint from the glass. Just away to get a perfectly smooth surface on skins since parchment paper wrinkles and warps from the moisture.
DeleteAt first, I was looking for some abstract pieces I can glue onto my metal sculptures but now I kind of want to do textural abstract paintings on MDF board and lumber.