I first saw this technique in a youtube video by artist James Kruse, you apply acrylic paint to a wet canvas, then spritze with water and let the paint run and move.
It takes a little practice as to how much water you use and do but an old cloth under your easel to soak up any paint that runs off the canvas.
Here is a little test piece to show you the idea, I found translucent colours work very well and its important to have strong pigmented paint..
Spritz the canvas with water first and apply your Traditions acrylic paint with a wet brush.
Too much water and you can end up with a blank canvas but you can keep adding layers of colour.
Thats the beauty of this technique, it's so random but you can look into the canvas and start to see something, often as the paint is moving, this was the case in this Waterfall painting.
It takes a little practice as to how much water you use and do but an old cloth under your easel to soak up any paint that runs off the canvas.
Here is a little test piece to show you the idea, I found translucent colours work very well and its important to have strong pigmented paint..
Spritz the canvas with water first and apply your Traditions acrylic paint with a wet brush.
Then gently start spritzing until the paint starts to move
Too much water and you can end up with a blank canvas but you can keep adding layers of colour.
My first attempt was a bit of a disaster I thought, although I did like the colours.
It was the small 10 x 15 cm canvas pictured below.
I put it to one side with the idea of covering it with gesso and using it again at some point.
Later that evening after a couple of glasses of Chablis it has to be said, I looked at the canvas again this time vertically and a picture started to appear.... can you see it?
No? Maybe this picture will help you.
Here is Jame's Kruse's Video.
Thanks for reading,
Andy
