Mixed Media: underpainting with green, packaging material collaged with matte medium, marks added with brush
Scraffito: orange under-painting, turquoise paint on top, scratch-through drawing with end of paintbrush
Swipe technique: thick paint applied with brush, swiped with end of cardboard scrap, vertical marks with end of cardboard
For my finished piece, I chose to use several different techniques that I demonstrated in my mini technique paintings. I started the painting with washes of acrylic paint and water. I then built up layers of impasto paint. As I built my image, I also used the swipe technique with both a piece of cardboard and a palette knife. I also used some scraffito (scratch-through technique) in the background.
Credits:
Trudi Smith