Wed 18 Apr 2007
Legless Mouse
5×7″ Oil on Claybord Smooth
$50 - e-mail to buy
Here is an example of how to make oil or gouache work with Claybord Smooth. Go here to see an example of how to make a horrible streaky mess with oil on Claybord Smooth.
I painted the background weeks ago, and it is all streaky and ugly and brushstrokey. However, it dried to a nice textured finish, so painting over the top of it was sort of like painting on canvas. It works really well for oil, and pretty well for gouache.
Cool, huh?
April 18th, 2007 at 4:56
It’s like a graphic logo… you could make a t-shirt out of that, or a tattoo. I like highly stylized things like that (e.g. woodcuts), so I’m interested to see if you go any further in this direction… ;)
April 18th, 2007 at 9:13
Ow, Ow! Stop twisting my arm.
OK, I’ll do more. Any requests?
April 19th, 2007 at 1:07
Nah, I’m just saying it would be a new direction for your style, a direction I would be interested in following if you feel compelled to keep experimenting in that vein. Ducks are always very stylizable, though. ;)