Friday, April 14, 2017

Bathroom Inspired Series

I'm finally writing a post about the video inspired by my houses 70's style bathroom color palette.  When searching for our first home we pretty much fell in love with the location first and foremost.  Then we came inside and well the whole house was straight out of the 70's, but it did have some charm to it.  Room by room I think we got more and more used to it.  Then we walked into the bathroom. Man, on man, the toilet is a nice shade of blue with a hint of green, with a sink and bathtub to match.




So, that blue was the basis of my color palette. We also have a shower curtain that pulls blue green and brown all together.  You'll see this color palette come up more and more in future pieces. 

For this piece i was experimenting with mixing some techniques I've used in the past, but combining them in new ways.

You'll find typical brush on canvas, some spray bottle dripping paint, the circle patterning that I was doing at the time, some splattering via paint brush and splatter tool all layer upon layer.


When i'm painting a use a few different colors and mix them together often. For this piece I used Liquitex Basics paint.  I use these because it keeps costs down and they are pretty solid paint choices with a consistent pigment and body consistency.  The canvas is a basic back stapled stretched canvas by.




Specific Liquitex Basic colors uses are:

  • Mars Black
  • Titanium White
  • Cobalt Blue Hue
  • Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue
  • Hooker's Green Hue Permanent
  • Bright Aqua Green
  • Brilliant Yellow Green

Tools Uses: 

  • Circle Objects
  • Plastic Cups
  • Medicine Cups. The ones that come with liquid medicine so that you can pour yourself the correct serving.
  • Tops of Tea and water bottles
  • Paint Brushes
  • Liquitex Round Splatter


If you're interested in watching the video, check it out below. If you came here from already watching, welcome to my page! Please browse around if you want and subscribe for more videos in the future.  If you want to get a print of this piece home with you check out gallery on ArtPal.  Feel free to follow me on the social medias to get some behind the scenes, work in progress, and early access shots.




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