Negative painting is when you pick out specific shapes on a completely covered, coloured background, then fill the areas surrounding the shapes with another colour, making the shapes stand out. I used either white acrylic paint pens or oil-based gold pens to outline the shapes. This is generally created at a larger size than the size I work on, with ATCs being only 2.5" x 3.5", and it's always a challenge to translate some of the techniques I try onto this smaller size. I was quite happy with how these turned out, and I have no words; I literally have no words on 5 of these 6 samples (which led to these oh-so-creative titles for each ATC). I wanted the paintings to stand alone without the distraction of words, except for the fish one, as that one needed something in between the waves. 😃🐟
Pot 1
