Wood slice art acrylic painting

I thought it would be fun today to play around a little with some masking fluid and acrylic paints for this wood slice art acrylic painting.

Masking Fluidor frisket is a tool artists use to mask off an area in a painting they want to keep white. It’s a latex-based product that allows you to paint right over the top, and then rub or peel it away once your paint has dried.I prefer a masking fluid pen as opposed to one you use a brush on, I feel it gives me greater control over fine lines and filling in.

I used it to do the lettering on my wood slice art so that the natural wood grain would show through on the lettering.

After lettering on paper, I transferred it to the wood slice so I had lines to follow.

I filled in my lines using the pen tip.

It will dry and change color. You want to make sure it dries all of the way before you start painting or your masking fluid with smear into your paint.

I taped off my wood slice edges, then I started painting a bit of green for rolling hills right over the masking fluid.

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I then added the sky, I painted white and light blue at the bottom and added darker blue to black as I moved up to the top.

I used a round brush to dab acrylic paint to make clouds, and I added a few trees to the landscape.

The minute your paint is dry, rub the masking fluid away. If you leave it on too long, it’s harder to get off and sometimes doesn’t come off at all. You can also use a hard rubber eraser to help remove it as well.