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adammiconi — Fallen Angel [NSFW]

Published: 2016-04-13 14:43:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 110; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 0
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The Fallen Angel is one of my most devastating, challenging, and yet, most proud pieces I have ever made. For the most part, I’m a digital artist who learned traditionally and since leaving my academic studies, I have yearned to return to my traditional roots. About a year ago I decided to give a new technique a try and I made the mistake of trying it at a very large scale.

The Fallen Angel measures at 30″x24″ making it the largest painting, digital or traditional that I have completed thus far and also has the most detail I have ever added in a traditional painting. The reason it was devastating and challenging mainly arises when you try a new technique that you aren’t very familiar with. My senses told me to try it at a very small scale, my ego said to go large and thus, the challenges await.

The technique is called oil on paper on masonite and it begins by stretching paper by soaking it in water and holding it down with a water proof tape. First, I didn’t have tape and instead of doing what I knew I should have done and bought some, I used thumb tacks. That works if you trim the paper down but after the fact I had already printed to scale, that was problem one. The next step is to apply a generous amount of matte medium to the masonite to adhere the paper, I was already running late to a meeting and instead of waiting, I quickly applied the medium and ran out the door. It turns out in my haste, I missed a quarter sized spot that bubbled up as the paint dried and put tension on the paper. Last, a technique I had to research afterwards is that when you do paintings on masonite, you need to gesso an X on the back panel to pull against the paint to keep the board from warping. The larger the piece, the larger the warp.

Read more about it on my website at: adammiconi.com/portfolio-item/…

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