Post #462001 by little lost tiki on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 5:55 PM

Squids!
So glad that Kiki got us all together to see him!
So now i know...If you want to get Squid to go somewhere
START TWO YEARS EARLIER TO NAG HIM! :lol:

Mango-Thanks Pal!
Actually, I've been working with puff paints and adding dimension to paintings AND frames for close to 20 years....Only certain styles lend themselves well to it....
i think it was seeing "Saint George and the dragon" at the Art institute of Chicago,with the egg tempera and gold leafing on his armor...or maybe it was those Persian miniatures with their minute embellishments in the Portland museum,or maybe it was covering my gramma's fridge and my dresser drawer with Wacky packs and Marvel Superhero stickers!Next time you come to visit, I'll let you run your hand over the surface of one of these....soooo cool! Like Braille,only nonsensical! :)

Jonesy!
Yes!
the anger management therapy fell thru...
but a wise old sage recommended a GROG "Beat-up" Bag
that seems to be working splendidly!
(for me,that is,not the bag!) :)

Sorry for falling off the face of the earth there,Bill!
I've been starting to alternate one "other-than Tiki" piece
for every 2-3 tiki pieces..
Still trying to make that 20-year retrospective come together at year's end
and need a "Things to Come" room...

i used a Cold Press Rough Watercolor paper and,after staining it with wide strokes of ink,i went over it with the ink blackline o create the linear flow
that FLOATS above the surface of the paper
Next, by blending the edges and coloring in certain areas,it pops up another level
finally, the different colored pencil highlights also jump certain areas off the paper...Pure Trickery it Be!
Hopefully we can hang out at Hank's Chop and play catchup!
Maybe I'll bring some of them down for some show-n-tell!