House Paint

I've been taking a little break from the blog, partly because of a busy teaching schedule, and partly because I've been S L O W L Y figuring out how to shoot, edit, and upload video from my iPad.

House PAINT from Jane Davies on Vimeo.

I have been using house paint in my paintings; its unique viscosity and consistency - a little more fluid than Golden Fluid Acrylics, but less so than the High Flow paints or acrylic ink - allows a particular kind of line to form from dripping it.  YES, it is compatible with acrylic paint.

I took paint swatches of about a dozen "favorite" colors to the paint store and found pretty good matches from the available color samples. I had them mix quarts of interior latex, eggshell finish, in  C2, which is a good quality house paint.

At a workshop last week.  The piece on the wall behind me features a turquoise scribble in house paint.  Both pieces of "Big Fat Art" are in process.

Have fun with it!!
NOTE:  I have been having trouble getting the above video to work properly.  While I am working that out, please see my FACEBOOK page, where it works.