Techniques

As I prepare for this week's lesson, I am reminded that I have not done a recap of last week's lesson...
       my excuse is that my son is getting married and I've been making cake......
So,
last week, I demonstrated with the pallet knife, sponges and resists.
I "painted" rubber cement on water color paper, painted over it, rubbed it off.
"Painted" hot wax on cloth and painted over it. Sort of a batik. To get the wax out, you iron with newspaper to absorb the wax.
One thing I failed to mention, for texture, you can put the waxed cloth into the freezer and then crinkle it. when you paint, the paint will go into the cracks.
I painted with a sponge cut into different shapes.
I spread paint on the canvas with a knife - paying attention to the color wheel and the blending of the hues.

This week, we will focus on the face and draw  portraits.
Oh boy.