Playing with Canvas again

[shogun]

There are several coats of paint. The colors are at the bottom with a coat of clear to add a bit of cover on the colors, and then a final coat of black over everything. The image gets reversed (like a negative), so the laser etches away the black to reveal the color.

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Some notes on using canvas

This one is going over in the Land of Sorcery so I can be a bit more specific. If you have not yet, take a look at the posts for “Samurai Sunrise” and “More Experiments With Canvas” to see what I am babbling about. The basics are this: I start with a basic 8 by 10 canvas and go to town on it with some spray paint of various colors. If I want the finished image to have brighter colors, I throw two coats of clear over that when it’s dry, and let that sit overnight. If you want a more pastel color…