Paint and PVA Glue Experiment Continues

Using the same mixture i used for the second net experiment. I dripped the paint on the acetate. It looked really beautiful when it was wet, especially how the colours mixed and moved together. Unfortunately i lost the detail slightly as it dried. The colours became more dull and the mixture was weak which showed once dry. There is still really nice sections like the yellow turning green in the blue and how the blue crosses over to red. Unfortunately, some drips broke when pulled up due to the weakness.
To improve this i will make a stronger mixture and build up the drips with layers so they are thicker.

I decided to use a different PVA glue which worked really well with the paint. However, i used it differently so didnt find out if the first PVA glue was the mixtures problem. I poured PVA glue onto acetate which had some yellow and green print marks on. I did this as the glue picked up the colours on the back. Then i painted on the glue layer. Using mainly blue and occasionally added yellow or red to the tip of my brush. I really liked doing this as the colour mixes with the blue paint and shows up in the paint strokes.

This showed the paint strokes and motions perfectly however it was lost slightly once dried. as the white glue turned see through and for the red and yellow i used the mixtures which i think made them fade when drying. If i used normal paint next time they would dry bolder within the blue.
I really like how the yellow shows through here as it compliments the blue, creating green edges.

Also the way the paint fades out on this next photo as the paint creates veins which are really intriguing, creating a texture.

To develop this i would like to do this again but experiment different paint techniques like use a pallet knife and see the effects i can create. Also, instead of doing little separate paint pieces i would like to create one all over with the colours mixing. I could use it to cover an art piece.

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