August Demonstration
Virginia Innes demonstrated how to add texture to a canvas before painting.
Virginia explained her process by showing the texture on one of her completed paintings.
Virginia showed a print of another painting of hers that showed the texture detail she had gotten.
To achieve the texture she wants, Virginia uses modeling paste. She squeezes the paste onto the canvas panel in the areas where she wants it, then spreads it around.
Virginia said sometimes when she paints, she doesn't know exactly what the final image will become. If that is the case, she adds modeling paste to the panel randomly, and lets the painting develop from there.
