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Now I'm cookin'...

I make things hard on myself...beginning stage detail of work in progress, each shape gets painted in by brush, blow dried and repainted to get a sharp opaque look. Time consuming much?


Stepping out of your comfort zone and trying new things could be an amazing learning experience. Yesterday (after about a year of painting in the way I've been painting) I discovered a mind blowing technique that makes my paint glide a whole lot smoother than it used to over spray paint. I'm a ding dong. Some spray paints- theres no problem whatsoever and your brush will zip along it just fine. Other spray paints are a little more difficult, causing a fine powdery film to coat the canvas and turn it kinda rough like sandpaper. Well I've been dealing with that powdery stuff and trying to paint smooth strokes on that was hard going, took multiple passes and was super frustrating. I was even taking a water hose and blasting the hell out of the canvases after they had been sprayed to remove some of the powder. But after working on a collaboration piece with a secret-for-now badass graffiti artist I came to the discovery that a simple tweak in my process was about to make life a whole lot sweeter. Enter into the scene MATTE SPRAY. Mother EFF! Really? Spraying matte spray all over my background after knocking some of that powder off with a big soft brush changed the texture back to a sweet playground for my brushes to dance on.
Hallelujah, I'm gonna make these deadlines after all! And most importantly this is going to be a huge player in the Red Bull Canvas Cooler competition since I only have about 6 hours to create and every minute counts. Now I'm cookin'...
Super busy day running errands and trying to paint today. Time is ticking! 

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