Tuesday, February 11, 2020

JACKSON POLLOCK / MORRIS LOUIS INSPIRED


 As my son Zach and his new bride Nicole moved into their first family home recently
in the San Fernando Valley,
a little 1950's bungalow that has been remodeled;
they wanted to celebrate their first night with family and friends by throwing a painting party.
Brave kids!

Nicole had found a video on this super fun painting technique where everyone is successful,
sort of,
 unless you accidentally drop it upside down on the cement
which of course did happen.
No names.
Ha ha

We mixed up standard tube acrylic paints into cups,
thinning each color with water and 2 magic sauces.
One is called Floetrol to help paint flow wildly,
the other is Silicone to create the cool looking cells.
  And you never know what you are going to get.
Then each person got a cup and filled it with their color choices,
placed the canvas upside down a top the cup,
then turned the entire thing upside down again,
lifted up cup then started tilting canvas this way and that letting the paint do it's thing.
There was a lot of oohhing and ahhing,
 screaming and encouraging going on as each person took their turn.
Zach's piece reminded us of a wave above.

But man oh man did we make a mess with a lot of dripping going on,
and the clean up was horrific but so worth the results and fun.

Everyone loved someone else's more then their own and we just couldn't decide on a favorite.
Nicole's above received my son's vote for favorite.
Ahhh,
that's my sweet boy!
LOVE rules!

But mine was this one above made by both Nicole's parentals,
Nick and Mary.
Loved the color choices,
red, green, yellow and white
 and how they mixed and worked their way across the canvas.

This last one was my creation.
I limited my paint colors to a monochromatic scheme with silvers and golds as accents.

I wouldn't advise doing this with young children because of the mess
 and because acrylic doesn't wash out of anything, 
including fingernails, sidewalk cement and clothes.

But boy oh boy did we have fun and some great laughs!

5 comments:

  1. a bungalow! lucky kids!!

    and paint on cement ... indelible ... what a wonderful reminder it will be of the joy you all shared on their first night ... just perfect

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    1. Oh Liz, we had a blast. We got the paint all over us, from head to toe, even on the grass. And I was thinking that as well about the cement. In fact I was just up there this weekend and looked on the cement to see if our paint was still there. Yep! hee hee

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  2. Hi Mrs. Sposa! Loving the newest posts, though I was surprised to find that you had retired! I'd love to catch up, let me know if you'd like to hang out!

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    1. So great to hear from you Dustine, I'd love to see you! Email me at dartisun@gmail.com and let's set something up. So much gossip for you LOL Can't wait to hear about what you've been up to. xoxox

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