On the last five canvasses I painted, I started out looking for deeper, denser colors. Rather than mixing the colors before I started, I squeezed paint from the tubes onto the canvas, and then blended them with a brush dipped in a mixture of gloss medium and water. I had already painted my usual "backgrounds" on the canvas, which provided a contrasting space of lighter colors as a backdrop.
While I painted these canvasses, I was listening to Vicki Genfan's cd "up close" from her new double cd Up Close and Personal. The "personal" cd has vocals, but the "up close" is strictly instrumental, with Vicki playing the acoustic guitar. The haunting, mesmerizing quality of Vicki's amazing guitar helped move me into these deeper colors and expressions:
Eye of the Storm
Green Is Good
Twin Stories
Taboo
Periphery
You can find Vicki's music at cdbaby.com.
