Energy Flow!

The other day when I tried to sit down to meditate my body was zinging with energy.

I have a few tricks I use to channel that energy,

including a shaking or vibrating exercise I learned years ago in yoga class.

A few minutes of that usually gets all my cells aligned

and the energy flowing in unison,

which brings this kind of imagery for me.

I thought I'd document and deconstruct the layered process

that gets me to the final product for you.

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I started with gesso, a sketch, and stitching.

Then I recoat with gesso, which I forgot to photograph!

Next came a coat of a mixture of Raw Sienna and Aurelin hue, which I painted in and rubbed out.

I followed that with Ultramarine Blue hue,

covering the stitches

and then covered that with Process Cyan.

Again, painting on and rubbing off.

Next came Cadmium Red Deep Hue,

followed by Quinacridone/Nickel Azo Gold.

To separate the inner area (around the body), from the outer (outside the stitching), I darkened the outer with Raw Umber, and then I used rubbing alcohol to remove some of the paint from the stitching.

For those that don't know, rubbing alcohol works as a solvent for acrylic paint, and removes it beautifully.

I finished up with Pthalo Turquoise, over the areas that I had rubbed out with the alcohol, and this is the final piece!