painting experiments

the more i look at my "clear gesso" is not gel medium mishap, the more i am like'n them.

for one, they have that veiled/obscured quality i rarely escape
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the other is the potential lump wet sand nature/texture i see.

downside is consequence> no undo if i put it on one of my "nearly dones"
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what i have there ties into each other really well.

could select the weakest link i guess?

yet i like the absence of color in the 2 images with the gesso on. may use these to test further. would be fun to see what a selectively applied gloss medium or gel would do to the image? or if the image had a gloss coat first to contrast the gesso? with color i think i would switch to a organic/dirt palette to reference origins/qualilities. i still have burnt bone,clay,ash,dirt in jars mixed with acrylic medium of some sort. i remember that the diversity in grit was a pain & now could be a blessing?that or environmental references. could through this stuff over ocean/beach image/prints. like a pic of just waves/ocean on an overcast grey day & no sky/shore in the image/ that with this wet sand stuff sounds cool. may work with stream/creek images too. think photographing water from above makes sound ideal. may go to a bridge & shoot down with a wide angle? know of a few...