Thursday, January 26, 2012

Struggling with Plaster

I have been looking forward to having time to play and paint on plaster. I have time right now, but the pieces I have been working on have not been so much fun as I had anticipated. Rather they were a struggle.
Here is the final piece. It is quite small, measuring about 6 inches square.


I love how the pieces are on cradle boards (shallow wooden box), as they add dimension to a wall, and don't need framing.






My goal for now is to enjoy what I am working on. Rather then telling myself what to work on, I will listen to what I want to work on. I do have one more plaster piece in process, but I may leave it for now, and spend some time playing on something else... I will see where the creating muse takes me....

9 comments:

  1. You have done an amazing job Kim... your piece is gorgeous... playing with plaster is on my to do list too...

    Jenny x

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  2. Hi Kim. I think it's lovely! I have another follower who works on plaster. Here's his blog http://williamhallart.blogspot.com/.

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    1. Thanks for the link. I will go and have a look at what he creates!

      Kim

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  3. You may have struggled but the result is beautiful!

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  4. Wow, Kim...this is lovely. What kind of paint do you use to paint on plaster?

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    1. I usually use acrylic paint - often the inexpensive brand that I can buy at Walmart, as they are more chalky and plaster like. The more expensive acrylics are more plastic like. I sometimes use a bit of ink, and I have been meaning to try PanPastels, but haven't yet. I would have to fix them differently then the acrylics though

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  5. I agree with the above comments, this is a jewel of a piece....all of the excavation and textured techniques makes it very interesting....smiles: sharon

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  6. its gorgeous Kim, but yes you cant force it sometimes....

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