"Looning out III"... some technical issues to resolve!

With this painting, I went directly on raw canvas with acrylic ink and acrylic colors, a departure from my usual rice paper collage approach...

I like to use a satin varnish as protector with this kind of support especially. The acrylic ink bled a little, which forced me to use raw canvas collage to retain the original "virgin" look. I like the staining capability of acrylic black ink, on the other hand, I will have to add some acrylic medium for better adherence on raw canvas...

Completing my "Real cowboys" trilogy...

I've made a last painting for a triad of works with a similar style for this series...

This one is called "Smoking gun", for a view of the trilogy see my Facebook Page on the right.

Note to self: I think I satisfied myself with these half drawn/half painted renditions using Japanese and acrylic inks enhanced with acrylic colors.  This approach suited the subject matter perfectly ("fake cowgirls" delivering somewhat of a political message). I still see potential with acrylic inks, but I feel the need to use more colors and special effects in the future. As usual, I try to retain any useful developments from previous experimentation....