Heat Wave

It is frigid outside in this northern hemisphere winter and I needed something to keep me warm. This painting reminds me of the winter I spent in Brazil. The underpainting was made with micaceous iron oxide mixed with polymer medium. While still wet I moved it around with an old credit card. When it was dry, I glazed over with azo yellow and pyrrole red. I scanned the coffee beans and printed onto gampi tissue and applied with a polymer medium. Coffee that heats you up. Enjoy.

Transparency Transfers

Ferns and Forms 8x8 by Sandra Duran Wilson

I love texture and layers and this piece has both. I have used a transparency and created a texture on it by rubbing with graphite over a textured plate. I glued the transparency down over a painted surface. There is a band of painted silk and the bottom has texture created by dragging a tool through gel medium.

All kinds of transfers

City Serenade 24x24 Sandra Duran Wilson

This painting has about every kind of transfer you can imagine from gel, plastic heat, water slide decal, gampi tissue, paint and gum arabic transfers. All of these and more are found in the book. Darlene and I have just finished the art for our second book and we go to Cincinnati for the photo shoot at the end of the month. More exciting techniques to come.

The Color of Sound

Sandra Duran Wilson The Color of Sound acrylic 48x48

This is a new painting incorporating some of the techniques Darlene and I have been working on for our next book with North Light Publishers. We are very excited about this book on surface treatments. It combines naturally with Image Transfer Workshop. We are taking several tried and true techniques and experimenting and pushing them to new levels. Stay tuned.

We Did It!

The Image Transfer Workshop website went up today so the blog will be in full gear now. If you have questions, show and tell or whatever please leave us a comment. Sandra and I got our authors copy of the book and love it! We found a few small glitches which will be fixed in the next printing.

Both Sandra and I will be posting to the blog, showing you samples, and discussing techniques. If you want to learn more about us you can go to our websites - sandraduranwilson.com or darleneoliviamcelroy.com. If you are in Santa Fe for Artist's Material Expo 2009 "Creative Expression" (Sept. 17, 18, 19, 20), come for either of our demos.

Creative Touch, 16" x 20" mixed media with gel, gesso and gampi transfers by Darlene Olivia McElroy