| Author | Message | ||
  Eshkenazi |
I wonder if the surface you use has an impact on how well it works. I typically paint on hot pressed stuff...maybe that's why I can't get good results with it. What do you think? | ||
tachee |
Esh, and my problem with salt was that it worked too well! i had to swear off it much like i had to do with cigarettes. do not feel like a nerd...i feel like a dufus for claybord textured being the only times i have responded in these discussion groups. am i the only one to use it? | ||
Eshkenazi |
Tachee - I think I tried salt twice only. It was one of those things where the first time didn't really work well so I thought I would try it again and after the second time I was just like "Well...nevermind." The funny thing is that when I get up the guts to try it again, it'll probably work. It usually happens that way. :) On another note, while bored the other day I read a bunch of the old threads and saw another one about clayboard textured where someone had asked my same question and you answered. I feel like such a nerd now. :p | ||
tachee |
victoria, thank you! you personally don't feel comfortable with experimentation, yet you are so very open minded. a true artist soul. trying new things works for me when i am blocked and not feeling motivated. bring home new toys gets me reved up. here's to coloring out side the lines! or at least planned spontaneity. | ||
tachee |
you are welcome, eshkenazi. let us know how you like it. your salt blahs remind me of when i first discoverd salt. i used table, margarita, rock salts...everywhere! i finally realized that i was only putting down paint only to be able to use salts. over indulgence is never a good trait. | ||
victoria |
Oh, tachee, I like your style. Your watercolorist friend sounds like one of what I call those "staight up and down people" who feel that there is just one way to do things and that everyone should get on with the program and stop this silly experimentation. Stay inside those lines for heaven's sake! They make me nuts although I personally don't feel comfortable with experimentation and like to have a pretty good idea of what's going to happen once I put the paint down. But unless you try things you have no way of knowing how they will look and whether they work for you or not and whether you want to continue working that way. I think many times it's better to know than to refrain and speculate. Victoria | ||
Eshkenazi |
Yes! That was very helpful thank you! :) Sorry it took a long time for me to reply. My internet connection was broken for a few days. I also tend to be nontraditional though I've never been able to use salt in a way that I like. It always looks great when someone else does it but when I try, it just looks sort of blah. :\ Saran wrap is fun though. ANYway, I may just have to try it when I get around to ordering more stuff. Thank you very much for the feedback :D | ||
tachee |
hmmm...how is it different? hard for me to explain...it is the feel of it. it is like switching weights of papers. it is like a heavy,cold pressed paper. colors do flow and mingle nicely, but not quite like paper, or perhaps a heavy weight that i had not tried before. all the tricks work: salt, saran wrap, etc. you get this "bubble-up" effect on it. some might be put off, but i had a "way cool" response. also: like the 'lift- out' response- back to white. sealing it is cool. i haven't tried to enter these in any juried shows...heard it would be difficult to get accepted, as it is not under glass. this does make me snort, as i cannot believe what they do let into shows at times...oh, but that is another topic. i use the spray fixative recommended for it, but i have also poured a polyurethane over one. it just screamed for a hard shiny surface. and i sold it first at a show. traditional? no. but then, neither am i. have one watercolorist friend, very traditional, who cannot believe that i use salts, sponges and saran wrap. she does not believe in tricks. i like being tricky. no way would she use claybord textured. i will always keep it on hand, as it is interesting surface and i enjoy using it. aint that enough of a reason? try it, what's the harm? i do not know if i was much of a help in explaining, but it is the feel of it. sure hope the yupo people don't come over here! | ||
Eshkenazi |
In what way does it handle differently? What's the surface like? Thanks for the response :) | ||
tachee |
i have. it is different, but i like it alot. sold everything i have painted on this surface. has been fun to go back and forth between it and paper. love not having the expense of framing. will not stop traditional paper, but this stuff is great fun. wish i could get larger pieces. i use the cradled. | ||
Eshkenazi |
Has anyone out there painted on this surface? I'm just playing around with ideas of trying some new surfaces and was wondering about this one. If you tried it, did you like it, hate it? What were good things about it (or bad things)? Advantages? :D |
