Making an Acrylic Skin

acrylic skin fiber paste digital ground

I am learning to make digital skins using acrylic gels.  My friend Bonnie Cutts, an absolutely incredible artist, has been encouraging me to experiment and I am totally stoked about the possibilities.  I am spending part of this Labor Day weekend making skins and printing on them with my Epson printers.  I love the Fiber Paste for the texture and similarity to the torn rough watercolor paper that I like to use.  These acrylic skins can be applied to  canvases as part of  a finished piece.  Usually I would scan the finished watercolor piece to print it larger on canvas but now I can apply my photographic elements directly to a large acrylic work.    As I learn more, I will post working tips and guides to my process.    I’m sure I will be posting new work soon too.