These are personal projects that I completed while studying at UNCSA.
Hosta leaves painted with Rosco Supersaturate Paints. 2'x4'
Faux pine treatment painted on muslin. 2'x4'
9"x13" Faux Oak wood treatment on paper.
This is a detail photo of a 4'x'4 piece of muslin that I painted faux granite.
On acrylic glass I made the effect of rain using crystal gel in a squeeze bottle.
This was created with Murphys Oil, Epsom salt, water and a little bit of white latex paint on acrylic glass. I sponged the mixture on and then took a damp paper towel and wiped away the center in circular motions to create the effect of someone trying to wipe frost off a window. The cool thing about this is that you can completely see through the center with light.
2'x2' painted on corduroy fabric.
I created a faux marble as my back ground on my 4'x4' flat and then with shadow, shades and highlights I painted a cartouche.
4'x8' For this project we were only allowed to use various sprayers (pneumatics, prevals, garden sprayers, etc) we weren't allowed to use paint brushes, rollers, sponges or anything of the sort.
We were asked to try out different spray paints and nozzles to create a graffiti tag and this is what I created.
A ghost sign is a painted sign on different surfaces such as brick, metal, wood and plaster that has been worn from weather and age.
The process for this was quite simple. I based my flat in rust colors and waited for it to dry. After it dried I applied white glue on my flat and then immediately applied the yellow paint on top of the glue and went over it with a heat gun to create cracks. I also pulled away holes with my fingers. After that it was just glazes and dry brushing.
While I was creating my rusted metal texture I was also working on painting my sign on brown paper. After I finished the painting, I pasted it down on top of my rusted metal texture.
After I pasted the painting onto my flat I began to tear away at it to created an old rusted metal sign effect. Since blues and bright reds would fade more in the sun I went back with some light glazes over the lettering to give it more of that faded worn look.
This was created on a 4'x6' piece of ply wood. I applied white glue then immediately went over that with denatured alcohol then applied paint directly on top of that with a wood graining brush. I then went over it with a heat gun which created the cracking effect. After that I did lettering and painted areas with a block of wood.
This is a detail image of the worn wood effect.
