Experiments In Acrylic

I am creating some acrylic paintings for a workshop in Feb. These are the steps for the first one.

3D Leaves in Acrylic:

Paint a gessoed canvas with acrylic paint to resemble fallen leaves. Cut out paper leaves and paint both sides in textured acrylic. Let the edges curl as they dry.
Use a thick dob of acrylic paint from the tube as glue to attach the leaves to the canvas. Notice that I added more paint, straight from the tube at the base of each leaf so it doesn't completely float on the canvas. The bottom edge of the leaf will have to be painted on the canvas.

The colours need to be altered now, layering acrlic washes on the leaves, letting some of the dark show through in places.
Next, I start to darken UNDER the lifted leaves to create a shadow like effect on the canvas and defining the leaves from the canvas.
The next step will be to sculpt and colour some of the canvas leaves with a palette knife and colour the paper leaves before adding extras on top of the collage.

Pam