Successful Experiment

On the Acrylic Artists group, a recent exercise involved painting on a nonabsorbent surface. I wanted to do something different from the book exercise. An interesting possibility came to mind. A few weeks ago I was cruising the clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby, and I found synthetic paper (Big Art brand). Basically it's the same thing as Yupo--paper made of plastic. Well, a paperlike substance made of plastic. This seemed perfect for a nonabsorbant surface, and it is designed to paint on. I mixed a little water with some Goldens fluid acrylic paint (cobalt turquoise) and slathered it on. It made little bubbles, which I had only seen before on canvas paper. I liked the translucent quality of the coverage. To add variety to the surface, I scrunched up a cotton pad and made prints here and there all over it. I liked the look. Next, I dribbled drops of Iridescent Stainless Steel and Copper paint on the surface. Then I dipped my palette knife in Coarse Iridescent Gold and ran it over the surface (and through the drips of steel and copper) in different directions. Since the surface was nonabsorbant, it redistributed the paint. Finally I took the cotton pad, smooshed it into the one remaining untouched glob of copper paint, and printed it in various places on the painting. I'm a big fan of abstract, and I love the way this turned out!!!