How much fun was that! I did, I did fracture something and it didn't hurt a bit. I was using Julie Ford Oliver's technique in our last "Contemporary Impressionism" class taught by Ann Feldman at Mainstreet Art Center. I had bought Julie's Art Byte video on the Daily Paintworks site and watched it with fascination. But I did not try the technique until Friday with Ann. There were 5 of us in that class and we all used as our reference a still life photo that Ann brought in. It was amazing when we finished to see how differently we all applied our fracturing tool. Julie has devised a small squeegee and Ann made one for each of us in the class. If you like the looks of this technique, buy Julie's video on the Daily Paintworks, or come in to Mainstreet in Lake Zurich, IL and take Ann's next class. Below I have pictures of each of the paintings done in that class. If you go to Ann's site, you will see her version that she posted today. Be sure to click on the images to see the really neat details.
By Ginny Breecher
By Carol Breyer
By Maryann Pailey
By Linda Rubens
By Me, Gloria J Zucaro! Mine is 10"H x 8"W on a previously painted surface.