Opal Essence, Bloom Technique on 12” x 16” Canvas as

This 12x16 inch painting was an attempt at combining metallics using the Bloom Technique. Again, the combination of several metallic paints did not produce much in the way cells and/or lacing, except a few cells that developed on the edges of the white background.

The paints I used were DecoArt Berry, Silver, 24-Carat Gold, Green-Gold, and Fire Opal, on a background of Bright White Color Place Interior Semi-Gloss house paint.

Fire Opal was a new paint I had not seen before and since I absolutely LOVE opals of all kinds and colors, I decided to try it here. Since I got it, I have really enjoyed playing with it. On this particular painting I layered it between the 24-Carat Gold and the Green-Gold. I have used the 2 Golds and the Berry in a variety of projects and they always gave me color combinations I loved. This time, the Fire Opal mixed beautifully with them, but what really surprised me were the few accents of orange in this piece. In addition, the painting was laced with a lot of gorgeous pinkish coral color that just GLOWS! I absolutely LOVED the result! I hope you will too.