June 14, 2001

• artisitic tempraments.... yeah I have one.
  
  yesterday called for some retail therapy - I found a range of lipsticks with fabulous names... I brought 'pout' but it was 'smirk' I really wanted.
  
  A few days back I found a range of 'paintbrushes' called colour shapers. What is cool about them is that instead of a bristles at the tip there is a block of soft rubber which comes in several shapes for moving the colour on the page.
  
  Because I've found that acrylics are pretty tough on my squirrel brushes I brought a couple to play with. Working with them is like a cross between painting, using a palette knife and drawing, here is my first go at 'colour shaping'.
  
  
  
  Gloves
  12 x 16 Mixed media
  on box famed canvas
  Worked off a photo of English Wife.
  
  (Note: I searched Dick Blick and found a photo of the colour shapers for anyone interested:
  
  
  
  The ones I used were much smaller than these.)
  
  
  

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