reply to post by speculativeoptimist
...ben glenn - yeah, he's wonderful - magical...
...i'm a sorta kinda maybe a little bit of an artist... cant draw worth beans but i'm really good at being messy... never had much of an opportunity
to work at a technique until a few years ago when i moved here to take care of my mom (alzheimers)... i tried the realism stuff but i just suck at
it... did some geometrics that are okay but nothing outstanding...
...one day (out of sheer exhaustion and the need to run away), i just squirted a bunch of different colors (apple barrel hobby paint, its very loose)
on a little hard-back canvas and turned it this way and that way and let it run and blend and the next thing i knew, i had something i really liked...
i call it "watching paint run"... you know how when you look at fat fluffy clouds you can see all kinds of things?... thats sort of what my
paintings are like... the more you look, the more you see...
...a year or so ago, i found a young man online (cant remember his name) who's doing the same thing but his stuff is far more beautiful than mine...
he uses house paint - gotta love him... i'm all for cheap... i'll use anything... dry grits = good texture but cream of wheat is better cuz its
finer, lol... and salt - talk about making a mess, lol, but its fun...
...also, found a lady (dont remember her name either, lol) that did watercolors but her trick was to put it outside in a light rain (or she made rain
with a sprinkler) and let it diffuse the colors... beautiful stuff... i tried watercolors but it doesnt make me as happy as using cheap hobby paints
to make a huge mess, lol...
...i'm gonna have to keep a closer eye on you cuz you come up with really good stuff... 
