Paper or Canvas?

Every once in a while I use a different painting technique or medium just to shake things up a bit.  It is part of my ongoing drive to improve.  It is part of the road to finding my own style.  It is also a cure for painting too darn nit-picky tight.  

 

This week I did works on paper to loosen up.  Most of the time I paint on canvas for my customers' convenience, especially when it comes to hanging the art.  But I am crazy about putting brush to paper because of the completely different feel.  The paint flows easily and the brush needs less pressure.  I don't obsess with details.  The end painting looks more spontaneous because it is.  I think using paper gives me permission to experiment and make mistakes. 

 

I do take care to make sure the pieces worth saving are treated with an isolation coat and varnished so that they will last a very long time once they are properly matted and framed. 

 

I enjoyed this week's work so much that I will include works on paper as part of the art I offer on a regular basis.

Mona Vivar, "Saxophone Fingers", 12 inches by 9 inches, acrylic on paper

Now on Ebay at Mona Vivar Fine Art

 

 Mona Vivar, "Trumpet Fingers", 9 inches by 12 inches, acrylic on paper

Now on Ebay at Mona Vivar Fine Art 

Mona Vivar, "Piano Fingers", 9 inches by 12 inches, acrylic on paper

Now on Ebay at Mona Vivar Fine Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All images copyright of Mona Vivar 2013.