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Carrie Flinte

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I have decided to have another go at St Monins pier and the zig zag jetty. I picked up some Winsor and Newton black lava texture gel yesterday and am really enjoying applying it to the sides of the pier.  

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Sylvia Evans

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You are having a great time Carrie....I’ve never heard of black lava gel will follow your progress with interest .

Sylvia Evans

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Sorry... stupid finger did it twice .  Saying that ,there is all sorts of stuff on the market including Carries volcano lava.  Any one else contribute something.  

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Carrie Flinte

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The texture gel is now dry and I have painted it with a mix of Payne’s grey, silver and raw umber.  The texture gel has come out really well, I’m so pleased with it. 
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Lots of stuff out there, yes - Liquitex has a wide range of gels and pastes, so have Golden acrylics, W & N, and maybe Daler-Rowney, though I've no memory of encountering much beyond their texture paste: which, if good enough for Alwyn Crawshaw, is easily good enough for me.  If I say, as I'm about to, that I don't use any of it - it's no criticism of anyone who does.  All the same, I prefer effects that can be obtained with pigment - brush or painting-knife, plus heavy-bodied paint (like Cryla in acrylic, or thick oil paint).  To quote Dame Edna, 'am I old fashioned?  I think perhaps I am', but these things weren't available when I started out - and I've never got into them. Even so - I don't know if this painting is acrylic or oil, but while it was primarily developed for acrylic, it can be used under oils as well (or under gouache or watercolour, come to that).  My only reservation about it is that you can usually see where someone has used it: but is that a bad thing?  I suppose there's a voice somewhere in the back of my mind suggesting that it might be....  and I don't know how to silence it.

Carrie Flinte

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I’ve now finished the painting and will post in the gallery. I thoroughly enjoyed using the texture gel and it’s worked perfectly under the waves too. This painting was painted in acrylics.  I’m not sure I would use it all the time but will look forward to using it again. 

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It’s all down to personal preference...if you like using it, use it. My personal preference is not, I’m with Robert here, but I don’t think it’s about being old fashioned. The only way I might use a textured product is if I used it over the whole picture, not just a part. But I never have.