Thank you for being such a brilliant influence on my learning and art, Jane! I first discovered your Chanel and tutorials in 2016 when I was severely ill and painted my way back to health.
Oh, that is so lovely to hear! That you 'painted your way back to health. Art is inevitably therapeutic for the maker, as well as for the viewer. Keep up the practice!
I'm always happy when I see that Jane has posted a video because I know I'll learn something new. It's like Jane drops a brilliant gem in our hands, but the brilliance of that gem is only potential, and it's up to us to realize that potential. It's gonna have to wait a little bit though, because I'm in the process of trying to organize my loft that serves as my crafts/art/sewing/spare guest bedroom. Sadly, organization isn't something that comes easily for me so it may be a while 'till I can try this technique😢.
Thanks! Yes, it is ALWAYS up to you to do something with a technique. In my workshops we go into the What To Do With It. This technique doesn't require a lot of materials or space, so try it in your bathroom before doing the whole organizing thing.
Beautiful stuff. An idea I just happen to ready for right now as I'm preparing to make collage paper. I'd usually use sandpaper to work back through layers but this is going to be a useful new technique. Thanks. Your videos are always an inspiration.
Sandpaper is also a great way to excavate layers of paint! This technique is just another tool. A little gentler than sandpaper, but also each technique has its own look. Enjoy!
You can use any paper, but newsprint DOES hold up if you are not too rough with it. You don't need a lot of pressure on the tools because the alcohol turns the paint to soft goo.
@@jdaviesVT I have another question. What do you mean by newsprint? Where can you get unprinted newsprint? Or what could take its place? Greetings from Switzerland 🎨🙋🏻♀️
I discovered your channel the other day, rapidly poured through a lot of it (some of it with my mom, who also was super intrigued) & wow… I was blown away right off the bat by the sheer diversity of techniques you teach that I hadn’t come across anywhere else before (I also love mixing media & getting experimental, painting intuitively, & so on, though I’d never done much collage at all)… But when I saw the extremes of layering, of “killing your darlings” you go to so fearlessly, it was really inspiring, & it honestly opened my eyes to just how far you can take even some very basic materials to create something really astounding- how much you can keep adding on through iterations, how much you can destructively remove material as part of the creative process… Even just how easy it is to completely incorporate found objects, collage materials, into a canvas with matte medium (I’ve done a lot with molding pastes, extra heavy gel, sand/pumice, etc., & I’d seen people use nets or bits of rock or whatever, but you really take it to an extreme & get so creative with the variety of things you can integrate into a single coherent piece… Seeing you sand into that solid slab of collaged materials & matte medium was amazing… All of this really broadened my horizons & got me thinking way outside the box about my practice, which I appreciate tremendously. And your Radical Layering video… Amazing. At that point it really is as much performance art as painting; so much of what’s contained in the painting- numerous full paintings’ worth of content- is only visible via the timelapse of the process. That video got me thinking… I wonder if there’s a way that, either by some kind of scanning with light that can penetrate layers (I know I’ve seen art historians/restorers use analytical techniques that reveal if a painting was painted over another painting)… Or simply by taking pictures or screen caps from the timelapse taken while you work (you’d have to take them in such a way that you got all the relevant stages in its evolution, without your hand/brush/etc. in the way)… But by either of these means… Whether it would be possible to take a painting like that, with so many layers, & to scan it or collate the images of each layer/stage in the process, & to lay them out digitally in a 3D format where you could actually navigate through all the layers of the painting & see how they were interconnected… I was imagining it with the first strokes of each successive layer extended out diagonally in the “depth”/Z dimension, like a bridge connecting each full layer, so that it would be like one continuous, 3D object or landscape or something that could be rotated & viewed from different angles… Perhaps there could be a toggle button that allows you to switch to a more 2D view, with less extension in the depth dimension, where could also just use a slider to change which cross-section, which layer/iteration of the painting is visible, as if you were moving a scanner through the different layers to explore each version contained within the same “radically layered” painting. I feel like there’s potential there for a whole other way of experiencing your work, because it has this iterative, multi-layered dimension to it… Which, in a sense, is like incorporating the “time” dimension into the 2D surface of the canvas, because it’s over time that you layer them (hence why it requires a video or something that gives you access to the *earlier* layers to get the full picture of what’s there), embedding it in the 3rd spatial dimension, hiding the temporally earlier iterations of the painting spatially behind/under the layer layers. And it’s fascinating to think about how the destructive, scraping/sanding aspect fits in that picture, leaving gaps through which the earlier stages remain visible. It makes me think of the way… If you look out into space, you can see all the way back to some of the earliest moments, the cosmic microwave background back at the time of recombination (when the early universe cooled enough for electrons to bind together with atomic nuclei/protons for the first time since back when everything was basically just explicitly ONE… So that’s almost like gaps that allow you to see all the way back to the gesso, to the bearest ground on the surface of reality… You’re literally receiving light that’s been traveling since it was emitted all the way back then, billions of years before the Earth even existed. Whereas, if you look out into space in a certain direction, & there happens to be a planet out there, that blocks the light from traveling to us from that early on- suddenly it’s invisible in that spot; instead, we can only receive the light from a few light minutes away, or light years away, because there’s something opaque obstructing the older light emitted by more ancient, primordial phenomena. This is like the areas of opaque surface layers that keep you from seeing the gesso, or the underpainting, or what have you. Lol maybe a stretch, maybe I’m overthinking this, but I like the analogy personally. At any rate, it’s amazing to watch you work. Really crazy; & I liked the final piece you settled on too. You have a really unique aesthetic sensibility which I think merges some of my favorite aspects of abstract expressionism (a la Gerhard Richter’s abstract series- there are a lot of early abstract expressionists in not a big fan of, but those I like are among my biggest inspirations) with a kind of DIY, avant garde, experimentalist mentality that I also really respect, & I’m grateful that you share so many of your techniques, experiments, & discoveries with us! They’ll surely influence what I make in the future (I’ll definitely combine acrylic pouring & scraper/palette knife art with some of what I’ve learned from you).
I have a book of newsprint paper left over from art school. Never thought to use it to paint on. Thanks for the suggestion. Can't wait to try using it for collage.
You can use any paper, but newsprint is cheap and ubiquitous. You can use the paper that comes in packaging, often newsprint or kraft paper; or use up discarded newspapers, if anyone still has any of those.
It is 06:05 in Ireland's not so sunny South East on this Thursday morning and I cannot sleep (insomniac) oh but what a joy to find you have posted this video Jane! I absolutely love your paintings ❤ from this experiment with rubbing alcohol (now I need to go buy some so I can experiment too 😉) I have also fallen in love with that quinacridone gold! Thank you Jane for sharing the joy of playing with paint and paper!
So glad this interrupted your insomnia! Hope you enjoy it. The Quinacridone Gold is no longer available from Golden, but you can achieve the same color by mixing a little bit of Nickel Azo Yellow into Transparent Red Oxide. And you can vary the proportions a little too. Now, go to sleep!
@@jdaviesVT 😄 as it happens I did get some sleep afterwards Jane 😴 so thank you! Thank you also for the tip for mixing other colours to create quinacridone gold.
Hi Jane l do get excited when you pop up. This is fabulas, cant wait to have a go at this method. thank you for sharing your art adventures.......Alioban ❤
@@jdaviesVT Hi Jane! Unfortunately, it didn't work for me but I've not given up. I used the 99% rubbing alcohol and let it sit; my paint was from the day before; I used newsprint. I just couldn't shift any layers. It obviously works otherwise you wouldn't have shared it. I'll give it another go as things don't always work out with the first attempt. Thanks.
Love this! ❤ I love to paint. I am really bad at it's never deterred me. Hope to get back at it again soon. But I do have question- by newsprint, is that the same as packing paper from moving companies like UHaul? Thank you. And thank you for sharing your lovely work and techniques. ❤
Same as packing paper. BUT it does not have to be newsprint! You can do this on copy paper or any other lightweight paper to use for collage. The layers of paint add weight to the paper, so you can get away with pretty flimsy stuff. Of course you can also apply this technique directly to your painting, whether on paper, canvas, wood panel, or any other substrate.
Jane, I'm amazed that newsprint would stand up to that many layers of paint without ripping. Do you have anything to say about that? Thank you for this.
Well, I use the newsprint for reasons mentioned in the video, but you can certainly use other lightweight paper. Once you apply a coat of acrylic paint, the paper becomes stronger. After two or three or four coats, it is definitely strong enough for this technique.
J'utilise le papier newsprint, mais on peut utiliser n'importe quel type de papier de poid léger. Aussi, on peut faire ce technique directement sur une peinture au toile, papier, où bois.
Hi Jane! Love this video. Is that ordinary acrylic paint you’ve used? How come the paper doesn’t tear when you scrape at it? Especially considering newsprint is very flimsy / thin.
It is ordinary acrylic paint. I am using Golden Fluid Acrylics, but the technique works with any acrylic paint. Once there are two or three coats of paint on the newsprint, it is much stronger. It does not have to be newsprint, though. Use whateverpaper you have around.
@@jdaviesVT thanks so much! Will give it a go. One last question: is there a specific brand or type of alcohol spray that you use? I’m in South Africa and we don’t get all of the US brands. Thanks again - your content is really great! 😊
Thank you so much for this. I ended up buying 99% alcohol. Was that a mistake? Although when I finally got the top layers off it looks beautiful, it was a struggle to get them off (even ripped a piece of paper)
Hi Jane, I tried this with regular tube acrylics on lightweight paper, layering 3-4 layers then spraying with the 91% alcohol and letting it sit for a few minutes, but it was very hard to scrape through, even with a chisel. What was wrong? I did all but the first layer within 1 day and the scraping too.
Wow, it should not be hard at all. What brand of acrylic paints are you using? Student-grade paints have fillers in them, and that could be something that resists alcohol. I know some types of gloss medium resist the alcohol.
What are YOUR thoughts? I wouldn't use the thicker paper for collage paper, but you can certainly use this technique directly on a painting, on paper, panel, or canvas.
Thank you for being such a brilliant influence on my learning and art, Jane! I first discovered your Chanel and tutorials in 2016 when I was severely ill and painted my way back to health.
Oh, that is so lovely to hear! That you 'painted your way back to health. Art is inevitably therapeutic for the maker, as well as for the viewer. Keep up the practice!
I'm always happy when I see that Jane has posted a video because I know I'll learn something new. It's like Jane drops a brilliant gem in our hands, but the brilliance of that gem is only potential, and it's up to us to realize that potential.
It's gonna have to wait a little bit though, because I'm in the process of trying to organize my loft that serves as my crafts/art/sewing/spare guest bedroom. Sadly, organization isn't something that comes easily for me so it may be a while 'till I can try this technique😢.
Thanks! Yes, it is ALWAYS up to you to do something with a technique. In my workshops we go into the What To Do With It. This technique doesn't require a lot of materials or space, so try it in your bathroom before doing the whole organizing thing.
Beautiful stuff. An idea I just happen to ready for right now as I'm preparing to make collage paper. I'd usually use sandpaper to work back through layers but this is going to be a useful new technique. Thanks. Your videos are always an inspiration.
Sandpaper is also a great way to excavate layers of paint! This technique is just another tool. A little gentler than sandpaper, but also each technique has its own look. Enjoy!
I honestly W A I T for your postings…have for years. Thank you for your generosity. 🌻Laura
So glad you enjoy them! I've got more texture demos lined up, and a few other things.
Very interesting and nice textured results. I can't believe newsprint survives this process!
You can use any paper, but newsprint DOES hold up if you are not too rough with it. You don't need a lot of pressure on the tools because the alcohol turns the paint to soft goo.
Very inspiring, beautiful colors and color combinations. Thank you 🎨
Have fun with this technique!
@@jdaviesVT I have another question. What do you mean by newsprint? Where can you get unprinted newsprint? Or what could take its place? Greetings from Switzerland 🎨🙋🏻♀️
I discovered your channel the other day, rapidly poured through a lot of it (some of it with my mom, who also was super intrigued) & wow… I was blown away right off the bat by the sheer diversity of techniques you teach that I hadn’t come across anywhere else before (I also love mixing media & getting experimental, painting intuitively, & so on, though I’d never done much collage at all)… But when I saw the extremes of layering, of “killing your darlings” you go to so fearlessly, it was really inspiring, & it honestly opened my eyes to just how far you can take even some very basic materials to create something really astounding- how much you can keep adding on through iterations, how much you can destructively remove material as part of the creative process… Even just how easy it is to completely incorporate found objects, collage materials, into a canvas with matte medium (I’ve done a lot with molding pastes, extra heavy gel, sand/pumice, etc., & I’d seen people use nets or bits of rock or whatever, but you really take it to an extreme & get so creative with the variety of things you can integrate into a single coherent piece… Seeing you sand into that solid slab of collaged materials & matte medium was amazing… All of this really broadened my horizons & got me thinking way outside the box about my practice, which I appreciate tremendously.
And your Radical Layering video… Amazing. At that point it really is as much performance art as painting; so much of what’s contained in the painting- numerous full paintings’ worth of content- is only visible via the timelapse of the process.
That video got me thinking… I wonder if there’s a way that, either by some kind of scanning with light that can penetrate layers (I know I’ve seen art historians/restorers use analytical techniques that reveal if a painting was painted over another painting)… Or simply by taking pictures or screen caps from the timelapse taken while you work (you’d have to take them in such a way that you got all the relevant stages in its evolution, without your hand/brush/etc. in the way)… But by either of these means… Whether it would be possible to take a painting like that, with so many layers, & to scan it or collate the images of each layer/stage in the process, & to lay them out digitally in a 3D format where you could actually navigate through all the layers of the painting & see how they were interconnected… I was imagining it with the first strokes of each successive layer extended out diagonally in the “depth”/Z dimension, like a bridge connecting each full layer, so that it would be like one continuous, 3D object or landscape or something that could be rotated & viewed from different angles… Perhaps there could be a toggle button that allows you to switch to a more 2D view, with less extension in the depth dimension, where could also just use a slider to change which cross-section, which layer/iteration of the painting is visible, as if you were moving a scanner through the different layers to explore each version contained within the same “radically layered” painting. I feel like there’s potential there for a whole other way of experiencing your work, because it has this iterative, multi-layered dimension to it… Which, in a sense, is like incorporating the “time” dimension into the 2D surface of the canvas, because it’s over time that you layer them (hence why it requires a video or something that gives you access to the *earlier* layers to get the full picture of what’s there), embedding it in the 3rd spatial dimension, hiding the temporally earlier iterations of the painting spatially behind/under the layer layers. And it’s fascinating to think about how the destructive, scraping/sanding aspect fits in that picture, leaving gaps through which the earlier stages remain visible. It makes me think of the way… If you look out into space, you can see all the way back to some of the earliest moments, the cosmic microwave background back at the time of recombination (when the early universe cooled enough for electrons to bind together with atomic nuclei/protons for the first time since back when everything was basically just explicitly ONE… So that’s almost like gaps that allow you to see all the way back to the gesso, to the bearest ground on the surface of reality… You’re literally receiving light that’s been traveling since it was emitted all the way back then, billions of years before the Earth even existed. Whereas, if you look out into space in a certain direction, & there happens to be a planet out there, that blocks the light from traveling to us from that early on- suddenly it’s invisible in that spot; instead, we can only receive the light from a few light minutes away, or light years away, because there’s something opaque obstructing the older light emitted by more ancient, primordial phenomena. This is like the areas of opaque surface layers that keep you from seeing the gesso, or the underpainting, or what have you. Lol maybe a stretch, maybe I’m overthinking this, but I like the analogy personally.
At any rate, it’s amazing to watch you work. Really crazy; & I liked the final piece you settled on too. You have a really unique aesthetic sensibility which I think merges some of my favorite aspects of abstract expressionism (a la Gerhard Richter’s abstract series- there are a lot of early abstract expressionists in not a big fan of, but those I like are among my biggest inspirations) with a kind of DIY, avant garde, experimentalist mentality that I also really respect, & I’m grateful that you share so many of your techniques, experiments, & discoveries with us! They’ll surely influence what I make in the future (I’ll definitely combine acrylic pouring & scraper/palette knife art with some of what I’ve learned from you).
Oh, that's great! Welcome. So glad you are enjoying the content.
Thank you, Jane. This would suit me as a ground on canvas - great technique.
Give it a try!
Thanks for sharing this technique. Can't wait to try this.
Love the effect, thank you so much for demonstrating this technique! 🙏💛
Sure! It's fun, and a little bit addictive.
Wow 😮 Super cool effect! Thank you 😊
Thanks Jane! I love your ideas, and I love you for sharing them with us! 🤗
Sure! I hope you get a chance to try this technique.
So helpful--and such a great idea! Thank you Jane!
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it.
I always love your videos. This a fun lesson and can't wait to give it a try. Thanks.
Hope you get fabulous results!
Thank you Jane. I just had to try this on watercolor paper and so happy with the results.
Oh definitely! You can use the technique on any painting surface; I use newsprint because it is very good for collage paper.
Fabulous, Jane!!!!!!!!!! And loved the colors you used. Always unique and interesting techniques. You are a forerunner! Thank you. Sondra Borrie
Oh, thank you! I hope you will give this technique a try. It's pretty fun.
I have a book of newsprint paper left over from art school. Never thought to use it to paint on. Thanks for the suggestion. Can't wait to try using it for collage.
You can use any paper, but newsprint is cheap and ubiquitous. You can use the paper that comes in packaging, often newsprint or kraft paper; or use up discarded newspapers, if anyone still has any of those.
You go girl! Brava!! ❤
Thanks Jane! Very useful technique!
Sure! Hope you enjoy it.
Wow! Sharp idea. Thank you for sharing your process.
Sure! I hope you will give it a try.
This is so awesome! Love the effects. Thank you for the inspiration!🧡🎉
Sure! I hope you find this useful.
These are gorgeous! Thanks for your generosity. Great info.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Oooh, I love the effects! Thanks for sharing. 💟
GIve it a try. It is pretty fun, and you can get a ton of variety in your papers.
That looks like such fun! So clever!
It IS kind of fun, but make sure to wipe your palette knife frequently so you don't smear the softened paint goo all over the piece.
I love youuu! Such an inspiration ALWAYS! I’m always here for some new JD content! This is so amazing !! Thanks for sharing with us
You are so welcome, Jessica! Glad you enjoyed this video.
Thank you so much for all you share.😀
My pleasure! Thanks for visiting my channel.
It is 06:05 in Ireland's not so sunny South East on this Thursday morning and I cannot sleep (insomniac) oh but what a joy to find you have posted this video Jane! I absolutely love your paintings ❤ from this experiment with rubbing alcohol (now I need to go buy some so I can experiment too 😉) I have also fallen in love with that quinacridone gold! Thank you Jane for sharing the joy of playing with paint and paper!
So glad this interrupted your insomnia! Hope you enjoy it. The Quinacridone Gold is no longer available from Golden, but you can achieve the same color by mixing a little bit of Nickel Azo Yellow into Transparent Red Oxide. And you can vary the proportions a little too. Now, go to sleep!
@@jdaviesVT 😄 as it happens I did get some sleep afterwards Jane 😴 so thank you! Thank you also for the tip for mixing other colours to create quinacridone gold.
Ive used alcohol before to lift paint, but never in this way or with this intention. Great video, thanks!
Hi Lisa. I hope you will give this a try; I love the textures and line you can get with it.
Love this! Thank you.
Hope you try it!
Very cool. Thank you for the idea!
Sure! I hope you will try it.
@@jdaviesVT I plan to.
Fantastic
Thanks. I’m looking forward to playing with this technique. I’ll start with a wooden birdhouse.
Ha ha! That's great.
Hi Jane l do get excited when you pop up. This is fabulas, cant wait to have a go at this method. thank you for sharing your art adventures.......Alioban ❤
Sure! I hope you get some really cool results.
I ran to my art table to make some of these collage papers. Thank you!
Oh, cool! How did it go?
@@jdaviesVT Hi Jane! Unfortunately, it didn't work for me but I've not given up. I used the 99% rubbing alcohol and let it sit; my paint was from the day before; I used newsprint. I just couldn't shift any layers. It obviously works otherwise you wouldn't have shared it. I'll give it another go as things don't always work out with the first attempt. Thanks.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful technique. Could it be applied to canvas too?
Oh sure! I think I say that in the video. Use it directly on your painting, on canvas, paper, or wood panel.
Love this! ❤
I love to paint. I am really bad at it's never deterred me. Hope to get back at it again soon. But I do have question- by newsprint, is that the same as packing paper from moving companies like UHaul? Thank you.
And thank you for sharing your lovely work and techniques. ❤
Same as packing paper. BUT it does not have to be newsprint! You can do this on copy paper or any other lightweight paper to use for collage. The layers of paint add weight to the paper, so you can get away with pretty flimsy stuff. Of course you can also apply this technique directly to your painting, whether on paper, canvas, wood panel, or any other substrate.
Jane, I'm amazed that newsprint would stand up to that many layers of paint without ripping. Do you have anything to say about that? Thank you for this.
Well, I use the newsprint for reasons mentioned in the video, but you can certainly use other lightweight paper. Once you apply a coat of acrylic paint, the paper becomes stronger. After two or three or four coats, it is definitely strong enough for this technique.
@jdaviesVT thank you for the input Jane.
Oh thank you Jane! Can this be done on a wood panel ?
Absolutely. You can do it directly on your painting, whether on paper, canvas, or wood panel. GIve it a try!
Bonjour Jane, your job is very original, j'aime beaucoup.
What paper you utilise please
Thanks, Josslyn France.
J'utilise le papier newsprint, mais on peut utiliser n'importe quel type de papier de poid léger. Aussi, on peut faire ce technique directement sur une peinture au toile, papier, où bois.
Hi Jane! Love this video. Is that ordinary acrylic paint you’ve used? How come the paper doesn’t tear when you scrape at it? Especially considering newsprint is very flimsy / thin.
It is ordinary acrylic paint. I am using Golden Fluid Acrylics, but the technique works with any acrylic paint. Once there are two or three coats of paint on the newsprint, it is much stronger. It does not have to be newsprint, though. Use whateverpaper you have around.
@@jdaviesVT thanks so much! Will give it a go. One last question: is there a specific brand or type of alcohol spray that you use? I’m in South Africa and we don’t get all of the US brands. Thanks again - your content is really great! 😊
Thank you so much for this. I ended up buying 99% alcohol. Was that a mistake? Although when I finally got the top layers off it looks beautiful, it was a struggle to get them off (even ripped a piece of paper)
Oh, great! I will look for that. I've only seen the 91%.
@@jdaviesVT Everclear is 99%
Thanks for sharing !🙏 what kind of paper are you usine please ?
I think I say in the video, it is newsprint. But any lightweight paper will do.
Hi Jane, I tried this with regular tube acrylics on lightweight paper, layering 3-4 layers then spraying with the 91% alcohol and letting it sit for a few minutes, but it was very hard to scrape through, even with a chisel. What was wrong? I did all but the first layer within 1 day and the scraping too.
Wow, it should not be hard at all. What brand of acrylic paints are you using? Student-grade paints have fillers in them, and that could be something that resists alcohol. I know some types of gloss medium resist the alcohol.
Hi Jane. What are your thoughts of doing this technique on thicker mixed media paper? Thanks ❤
What are YOUR thoughts? I wouldn't use the thicker paper for collage paper, but you can certainly use this technique directly on a painting, on paper, panel, or canvas.
Yum!
is that acrylic paint?
Yes. I'm using primarily Golden Fluid Acrylics, some mixed with Blick Matte Acrylic white.
Excavation!
Yeah, you bet!