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Collage Botanica Diary, 6

With tinted gesso in place, and tinted gesso applied to a second canvas now waiting in the wings, I moved on to Steps 2 and 3 in creating a rich underlayer on my first Session 2 canvas: Warm Gesso followed by Interesting Linework.

warm gesso, with some neutrals
interesting linework:
quasi-asemic writing/journaling; posca pen leafy stems and flower shapes
additional interesting linework:
ink, marker, paint, pencil, more leafy stems, some cool colors

A whole lotta letting go underway here as I develop a robust underlayer. I’m in the groove. Only the barest hints of the original layer detectable.

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6 responses to “Collage Botanica Diary, 6”

  1. Joyful Puttering Avatar
    Joyful Puttering

    Wowser! That IS quite a robust underlayer! Can’t wait to see where this is going!

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      Dotty Seiter

      I’ve committed myself to doing this lesson as demonstrated by Amanda, and she is a queen of layering and being loose and approximate. She’s helping me let go of a measure of my pernicious preciousness with this one, I gotta say!

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    roseanne333

    Dotty ~ I’m lovingloving this color palette with your contrasting asemia. These colors seem to resonate in my heart and solar plexus chakras. ♥️

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      Dotty Seiter

      Roseanne, I never tire of the magic and mystery of visual information and how it intersects with other energies. Thank you for this input about how the colors here resonate in your heart and solar plexus chakras. I’m fascinated and delighted! I also appreciate your notice of the contrast provided by the asemia. All grand!

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    imajenationgmailcom

    robust indeed!!!! I just love seeing your process…cannot wait to see where this extraordinary journey ends!

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      Dotty Seiter

      Very happy to get affirmation for posting this slo-mo unveiling of process. I do appreciate your appreciation of my sharing process : )

      I’m thinking that if you were to follow suit, with one of your frequent requisite “million-layer” paintings, we might only see one painting more in a lifetime, if that, hahaha!

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