Building up layers of pigment, to create dynamic work Making marks and preparing the ground Big brushes can be used to splatter and throw pigment Palette knives/credit cards for scraping and layering Paint markers to draw faint, bold or broken lines Rags, news paper for Tonkin or smearing Spray bottles to create drips and runs Jars in which to mix paint and throw at the surface No studio, no problem, work outside. Just make sure you leave the space as you found it - clean! My abandoned first attempt, put one side for another day. Second attempt, I spread a mixture of permanent rose and neon pink over the surface. Once dry I dripped orange ink on the ground and used a straw to blow the ink across the surface. Finally the image of the ribwort was drawn and painted. It took 3 layers of paint to coat the surface, but the surface still looked drab. I found drawing with acrylic pens made the image brighter. The background lacked tonal interest, so a ...