Paint Along Progress

These pics are of a painting in progress. On the Experimental Acrylics list we're doing a virtual painting class/paint along. The leader posts a new step a couple of times a week and each of us do each step and then post what we've done. It's interesting to see what everyone does and how unique each painting is even though we're all following the same steps. This painting is one 140# watercolor paper. The background was painted with a mixture of gesso and various blues. The second step was adding some texture. I did mine with large and small bubble wrap. I painted squares on the bubble wrap with prism violet and interference blue and then pressed them onto the background. I tried not to overdo it since I know we've got a lot of steps left to go! The next step, which I haven't had time to do yet because I have to wait until the toddler is sleeping to paint on the easel, is to add some "playful brushstrokes". Not sure what I'm going to do for that step just yet. And the step that's coming up I know will deal with spraying paint onto the painting with a spray bottle. Should be interesting.