out of the journal challenge: weeks 3 & 4

i was definitely slowing down at the end of this challenge. i only have two canvases to show for these two weeks. the first one i had started in week two. i played with it, added more paint, played some more and just didn't like it. so i painted over the whole thing in black paint and then used white with a smaller silhouette mask and repeated her over the canvas (i think this would look awesome done on fabric and quilted, must try this) (photo 2). much happier with this. for the second canvas (photo 3) i started with a black background and used light molding paste to mask out the two silhouettes, i also used the paste through punchinella and a polka dot stencil. i created a lot of heavy texture, obvious thick brush strokes. when all that dried i went over it with watered down acyrlic paint and then after that dried i covered the whole thing with glossy medium. the last canvas (photo 4) is just the first layer, playing around with leftover paint. see more week 3 and 4 canvases here and here and here and here and here.