Rock Solid, mixed media, by Bente Hansen, Canadian Artist

Rock Solid  18x18 Mixed Media on Wooden Cradle Board  $395.00

Nicholas Wilton speaks of Value, Differences, Color contrast and more.  These are some of the things that we strive for in what is called CVP. It's been a mind twister of a course but I am starting to see that some of the things that the team is speaking of is rubbing off.

This painting was done with acrylics and thick gel medium using mostly a palette knife.  This is the closest I have come to using acrylics in the same manner that I use my oils.  It'll be interesting to see what happens when we get to texture.

Blessings for a great day.

Bente

mixed media on wood panel by Canadian Artist Bente Hansen

Mixed Media 12x12 on wood panel $175

There are many many layers of paint, paper, gauze, glazes and scribbling.

I am learning not to give up and keep doing layer over layer with glazes and collage.

The Nicholas Wilton team of many many coaches are great encouragement to be ourselves.  I love my environment, province and country and it keeps showing up in my work.

Blessings for a great day

Bente

White Night 10x10 Mixed Media on Watercolour paper

White Night 10x10 Mixed Media on Watercolour Paper

Its been interesting times.

I enrolled in Nicholas Wilton's online class called 2018 Art2Life program.  There are about 500 of us from around the world.  What the program has done for me so far is turn everything upside down and totally confused me.  I think the stretch is good in that he wants us to do what is totally ourselves and not be influenced by others.  The stretch is also that we are using acrylic paint.  This is not my favourite medium.  I do love my oils.  When the program is over I will go back to my oils but for now its too confusing for my brain to keep switching.

White Night is a result of one of the black and white exercises. It is done on paper.  It has many many layers of paint so there is lots of texture.  I have added some collage and the line work was done on clear plastic with acrylic medium.  I then removed the film when the whole thing was dry.  That way I could cut out what I needed and leave the rest for another time.

Blessings for a great day.

Bente