Simple Aging Techniques for Mixed Media & Collage

Applying Paint with a Palette Knife

By Tatiana Kuzyk

Here again we meet another ‘addition’ of texturizing layers, this time, with a little help from a palette knife. I used undiluted Golden Liquid Acrylics Titan Buff and left small deposits of this paint in selected areas. Next I went over with my palette knife and scraped off any excess color trying to preserve some transparency of the underlying imagery.

The photograph below shows an already dried layer of paint. Notice how the creases that were initially created by a heavy gel application are accentuated and add more overall dimensions and a beautiful antique feel to the artwork.

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Tatiana Kuzyk About the Author | More by Tatiana Kuzyk
Tatiana Kuzyk is an intuitive artist, writer, and a spiritual teacher. Tatiana's personal prescription for a so called 'creative blockage' is a complete surrender to the Sacredness of the mysteries of one's Creative Process ~ be it collaging, painting, writing, or entrepreneurship. Tatiana's blog is Thou Shall Live A Creative Life.

6/8/09

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