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February 5, 2010

I’ve been exploring the use of Golden’s Iridescent and Interference paints.  They are shiny or change colors like holograms.  I painted abstracts on 5×7 note cards using acrylics and mediums.  I paint in layers waiting for each layer to dry before painting the next layer.  In the end, not only do you get a nice card, but an original painting as well.   The colors and shimmering effects change as the card is moved.

The first card is very shimmery with oranges, yellow, peach, Iridescent Pearl and Iridescent Bright Gold all mixed in a wavy fashion.  All the little vertical lines remind me of candles.

               ‘Birthday Candles’

  For ‘Mother Earth’ I used the Iridescent Copper, rust, orange, green and black.  There is a raised circle of orange, rust and copper.         

                                 ‘Mother Earth’

  This card had a background of blues similar to ‘Birthday Candle’ but then I applied Iridescent Silver over the blue.  Silver ‘buttons’ were added onto drops of various shades of rust.   Iridescent gold drops were applied on the dribbles of white and black.

              “Merging Moments’

I painted an oak leaf and stamped it onto the shimmery background of fall colors.

                          ‘Oak Leaves’

‘Summer Sunrise’ is edged in Iridescent Gold.  Interference Orange mixed with oranges is topped with lines of sage green, red and orange.  Two gold dots float on Iridescent Pearl.