Exploring textures again

"Energy(#1)"

I've been having fun just playing and experimenting with textures and colors again.  It's taken me years, but I think I'm finally getting over the feeling that, by experimenting, I might waste some of my art materials.  If I look at them as being that "precious," I'll never grow as an artist.

"Behind the Gilded Facade"

(detail)

So I try to keep moving out of my comfort zone and push myself to try new things.

If you click on these two pieces, you'll get an idea of what I'm loving about these experiments.  While you can't see the colors as well in these photos as you can in person, you can see some of the rich layers of colors that I absolutely adore.

My first experiments with texture and color can be seen in some previous posts - click here and here to see those posts.