Painting 33

Ref 928;  Mixed Media.- Molding Paste / watercolor / pastel

This is a new try out in order to take advantage of previous Works

Modeling paste; is a thick “pasty” white substance that can create a controlled textural surface. Molding paste is an opaque white when it dries, and this is the base of my next painting


This is the final result of this process:

Golden makes several types of molding paste. The ones that I use are molding paste, light molding paste and hard molding paste. The light has a very light foamy sort of texture and does look a bit different from the others. It is also a bit more flexible than the other two pastes, making it better for altered book pages that are going to get moved about a bit more. It is also good for very large works of art. The work will have less overall weight. This product can also be used as a lightweight “filler” for paints. It has a more absorbent surface than the others and so I can use it with thinner paints as well as pastels .- I mixed with watercolor (as underpainting ans also as undershaping with spatula application )to start shaping  basically the Cliff crevices

This part of my process is new; because with a wet small spatula
and before my painting get dry I start to scratch taking color, lifting in out pressing with a paper towel, different amount of color can be removed by varing the pressure

 

After completely dry again I´m adding a new layer of molding paste (yellow colored) to conform and sculpt the lightest zones of the cliff 

 

 

 

I´m playing with watercolor now, to shadow and light the different zones until be satisfied

 

 

Now with pastel the color will be more uniform in the lightest zones and also I can add blue and Green to the foreground to colored the rocks and make textural effects

During the final stages, lay strong patches of heavily applied pastel on rocks to develop color contrast and textural detail