Out of the Forest acrylic and ink painting by Noosa Artist Chris Hobel

Out of the Forest 8x8" 

acrylic and ink painting on Canvas by Chris Hobel

Prints are Available from my website art prints from $22 and greeting cards from $4.25
Contact me  for sale of the original

 Painting Technique

I used  a water colour resist medium, masking fluid  with a fine bush to  create the "white areas" followed by washy  transparent  acrylic layers with a large brush.After I removed the final resist layer  I  added thick and thin hard edge  ink lines with a fine brush.This is a fun technique to try.

Animation fun Butterflies Painting by Chris Hobel

Butterflies Painting

Ive just found how to do this quick animation  of my butterflies as shown  on my last post at  My Poppet

I will try to do one weekly. I have been a bit slack with posting  as you can see

Gif animators

Have fun using Masking Fluid on Paintings

I used masking fluid to preserve the light outlines on this painting. It was an experiment .I ended up using it to teach a workshop with the method  along with transparent washes, ink outlines  and water based glue
I called it Bollywood

Contemporary Painting techniques published article

Fine Art and decorative painting magazine Vol 17 #7 
has published my latest article showing you how you can use masking fluid to create contemporary paintings. This is a useful magazine for all painters.
My classes start again tomorrow. Visit  my classes to enrol, learn about using masking fliud on canvas and many more techniques
When visiting the Sunshine Coast or the Noosa area, you are welcome to attend casual classes,
Phone if you are in the area

Published Project, Free to Fly by Chris Hobel using Masking Fluid

As seen in the Latest Fine Art and Decorative Painting Magazine, "Free to Fly"  Vol16 #11 published by Express Publications

It is done with  Atelier Interactive Acrylics  using Transparent Colours on Canvas, but looks like watercolour. Today I have just finished another article on masking fluid , it is really fun to use as there are many unexpected results