Applying Texture

This is me applying texture to one of the three 12'x18' canvases that will make up the next backdrop for the Boise Vineyard sanctuary. Yes, the canvas are on the ground now and we walk right on top of them as we paint with large brushes, brooms, rollers to apply the paint and things like sheets, bubble wrap, and foam, and squirted water to create texture. Today we utilized rollers on extension poles to apply some of the darker base colors of the background. For this painting we are using a lot of layering techniques. We water the paint down quite a bit and also spray water on the canvas as we go. This allows the paint to be a bit transparent. After some dry time the colors, textures, and shapes that we're applying and creating come through and enhance each other layer after layer. When we finished for the day, it felt really good to stand back and look at all three canvases and see the painting begin to come together.