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New Acrylic and Posca Pen Painting - "I Found It...!" by Michael Carlton

10/27/2020

New Acrylic & Posca Pen Painting -
"I Found It...!"

Acrylic & Posca Pen Painting -

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New Acrylic and Posca Pen Painting from the new collection of paintings I've been working on...

It's a 20cm x 20cm "Tile-Style" painting on mdf board of a girl who lost something and then found what she was looking for again.

The painting has a white background and white edges with a carbon black border/frame painted onto the wood.

The painting was created largely using acrylic paint but the outline of the girl was created using a light grey Posca chalk pen.

I hope you enjoy the new piece - comments welcome below as always!

There will be more original pieces coming soon and as usual I'll be posting them as soon as they're ready on my Social Media pages.

Till then,

Michael :)

- To see more acrylic paintings in this style check out the #MichaelCarltonPosca hashtag in the #HashTag Gallery

Acrylic & Posca Pen Painting -

Acrylic & Posca Pen Painting -

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New Brush-Wipe Style Painting - "White Haze on Electric Blue" by Michael Carlton

10/23/2020

New Brush-Wipe Style Painting -
"White Haze on Electric Blue"

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New Brush-Wipe Style painting I finished recently - it's a monochrome-white painting on a metallic-blue background and has quite a Mark Rothko feel to it...

Often with this style of painting I don't use a border but for this particular piece I wanted a bold outline to complement and contrast the hazy nature of the main body of the piece.

This painting is part of a new series of pieces I've been working on since moving to a new studio in Duivendrecht. Most of the paintings in the series have been on wood (including this one) as it's a new medium I'm experimenting with...

I'll be posting more paintings from the new series here on the blog and on my Social Media pages if you'd like to see the new pieces as they're released...

All the new pieces will also be available for sale in the Online Shop - so if you see one you like then click on the link in the post and it will take you directly to the right page in the shop.

Hope you enjoyed the new piece - comments and feedback as always are welcome below!

I should hopefully be able to post another new piece again early sometime week...

Till then!

Michael

For more paintings in this style check out the #MichaelCarltonMonochrome hashtag...

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New Smiley Face Painting "Bronze Background Face" by Michael Carlton

10/18/2020

New Smiley Face Painting
- "Bronze Background Face"

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Just recently finished this new Smiley Face Painting...

It's the first smiley face painting I've made using metallic paint for the background and I found that using the metallic paint on wood creates the effect of making the painting looks like it simultaneously made of metal and wood.

I hope you like the new piece and as always comments are welcome below!

There'll be more new pieces coming soon and I'll be posting on my Social Media pages as soon as they're ready... ;)

For more information or to purchase this item click on the link below:

Speak soon,

Michael

Bronze Background Face Original Acrylic Painting by Michael Carlton

Bronze Background Face Original Acrylic Painting by Michael Carlton

Bronze Background Face Original Acrylic Painting by Michael Carlton

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New Brush-Wipe Style Painting - "Brush-Wipe Style Square" by Michael Carlton

10/11/2020

New Brush-Wipe Style Painting
- "Brush-Wipe Style Square"

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Brush-Wipe Style Painting by Michael Carlton

Just finished a new acrylic painting in the Brush-Wipe Style that's a part of a collection of 10 or so pieces created to inaugurate my move to a new studio in Duivendrecht.

It's a combination of loosely applied acrylic paints that creates a hazy, etheric feel. I've also mixed in some metallic gold paint too which gives an eye-catching glimmer when viewed from certain angles...

The painting is on 9mm thick mdf board and measures 20cm x 20cm

I hope you like the new piece and as always comments are welcome below!

There will be more from the collection released soon and as usual I'll be posting them on my Social Media pages as soon as they're ready... ;)

Speak soon,

Michael

Brush-Wipe Style Painting by Michael Carlton

Brush-Wipe Style Painting by Michael Carlton

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New Mixed-Media Painting "Golden Wire Spaghetti" by Michael Carlton

10/8/2020

New Mixed Media Painting -
"Golden Wire Spaghetti"

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Mixed-Media Painting

Just finished the first piece from a new collection of paintings to inaugurate the move to my new studio in Duivendrecht... it's called "Golden Wire Spaghetti" and it's a mixed-media piece using acrylic paint and Posca chalk pens on MDF board.

For this piece I used a charcoal black acrylic foundation and then put the chalk pens on the top.

When I was using the pens I didn't let the ink sit long enough to dry so when the next colour was applied the ink from the lines would bleed into one another creating the effect of making them look like they've melted into one another.

I've also used a number of different thickness' of pen to create more depth and have used metallic silver and gold ink to contrast against the matt blackboard-like finish of the background.

This is the first completed piece of this new collection - so far I have 5 more completed pieces with another 5 or so still in progress...

I'll be posting the new pieces as and when they're completed over the course of the next few days and weeks so keep an eye open if you want to see the new pieces!

All the new pieces will also be available for sale, so if you see one you like then just let me know and I'll send you a link to the page on my Etsy Shop where you can order the piece(s) you like.

Hope you enjoy the new collection - feedback is always welcome too so feel free to let me what you think in the comments below the posts!

Speak soon...

Michael

Mixed-Media Painting

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Dark Side of the Moon Painting

9/28/2020

Painting Inspired by the Album Cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon:

New Art Studio in Duivendrecht

9/27/2020

Just moved to a new studio in Duivendrecht, Amsterdam:

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New Letraset Drawing - "Big Red Ray"

6/4/2020

New Letraset Drawing - "Big Red Ray"

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May 2020 Raffle

3/9/2020

New Prize Draw...

I'm going to be giving away another Signed Print
this May in a newsletter prize draw...

Entry into the raffle is free and open to all subscribers to the Newsletter.

If you're already a subscriber then keep an eye open for an email where you can confirm your entry into the draw - if not and you'd like to be entered into the raffle then enter you name and email address below to subscribe...

Good luck!

"Death Star" Signed Print - Prize in April 2020 Prize Draw

Spring 2020 Raffle Prize

2/8/2020

Spring 2020 Raffle

At the end of February 2020 I'll be giving away a Signed Print
in a newsletter prize draw...

Entry into the raffle is free and open to all subscribers to the Newsletter.

If you're already a subscriber then keep an eye open for an email where you can confirm your entry into the draw - if not and you'd like to be entered into the raffle then enter you name and email address below to subscribe...

Good luck!

"Saffron Sun" Signed Print - Prize in 2020 Spring Prize Draw