by Carol on 5/26/2009 1:35:16 PM
Reverse Side of 30lb Butterfly
Do butterflies have back and fronts or is it tops and bottoms? I suppose it is not all that important, but I seem to be getting tongue tied as I try to explain to people what part of the butterfly I am painting. Let's suffice it to say, that I have turned it over and I am doing the reverse side!
It is not a simple matter to just flip these heavy pieces over and start painting. The side that is already painted is fragile, which means that I have to move them gingerly so that my paint does not rub off or get scratched or pick up some unwanted particle. I decided that it would not be wise to place the painted side down on plastic, fearing that the plastic sheet would stick to the wings. Therefore, I retrieved large pieces of glassine paper to put down over the plastic and then laid the wings on the glassine. (Glassine is a wax-like paper that is used when I am storing or shipping my original paintings because is does not stick nor remove any media I use. It is cheap and great stuff!)
As you can see in the photograph, I have painted the first layers of the underside of the wing. I have learned through painting this project, that it takes 3 layers of paint before the color truly holds its saturation.
The swatches of green color are painted down first because this is where I will paint more musical notes and notations. Acrylic is known to be an opague paint, but in reality each layer effects the next layer. In other words, I cannot paint a bright lime green on top of a medium valued purple and expect the lime green to "shine." After the green paint dries, I then use frisket, which is a liquic rubber substance that dries, to preserve the green color in the shapes I want. After I have painted the purple edges, I will remove the frisket and paint the green again. You will see what I mean in later posts. Ahhh, the tricks of the trade! 
...to be continued.
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