Painting: Fit as a Violin No#2

This painting was even more fun to paint than the first. I love the dramatic lighting and the contrast of magenta and cadmium yellow.

"Fit as a Violin #2" - Acrylic on canvas 16"w x 20"h - $245

To achieve the interesting distressed background I started by covering the canvas with a thick layer of acrylic paint. Once the paint was tacky I layered crumpled tissue paper. Once the background was covered with tissue paper I began to drip and splatter a paint that was diluted with water. I kept applying paint until I was satisfied. In some areas I used a razor to distress the painted tissue paper, thus exposing the based layer of paint.