641: in progress

This has been drying all afternoon, standing on its side in front of my TV. With latex paint it's very important to let thick layers cure before doing anything on top of them, and anything with texture like this is just going to have thick paint, period, as it settles into the nooks and crannies.I started by making a texture with modeling paste and a variety of tools (this is just a detail of the whole thing):Then, painted it red--right down to the aforementioned nooks and crannies. I knew I'd miss spots on the next coat so had to get this coat on pretty well. (this is partway through the process. It's hard to shoot these big canvases with my DSLR when they're on the floor.)And now I've added the true color. I love the way the color and texture evolve together as they travel across the canvas - when the numbers are added it will be finished! (This photo actually shows it rotated, and the white parts are glare - this is what I get for using lots of gloss. It doesn't always photograph well but I love what it does in person - mess one's depth perception.)