A great weekend...

I know that I'm not a palette knife painter but, boy, did I have fun this past weekend.  Adding heavy body gel was an interesting experiment for me, and making sure the colours remained vibrant instead of mixing together to create grey was a huge challenge.  I have to admit, though, that it made me miss my usual way of working.  Not only was it a challenge for me to keep the colours pure, but clean up just wasn't the same.  Though adding the media certainly does extend the paint so I could use so much less.  Plus, I did use a gloss gel, and I typically tend to prefer my work a little less shiny. 

But I am pleased with these little gems.  There was a lot of painting and waiting as the thick layers dried which gave me time for more reading and relaxing...just what the doctor ordered, I think.  I feel like I stretched my creative muscles and learned something new, both about the medium and about my creative process.  So definitely a win-win in my books.