backgrounds

After hearing a talk by Joanne Beaule Ruggles (www.beaulerugglesgraphics.com) on how she approaches her paintings I came home very inspired. There is so much layering in her work. I got out some red rosin paper and gessoed both sides. Then started to play with acrylic paint and things (wall paper, sides of credit cards, stamps, stencils, etc) to add texture to the paper. They measure 14x18". I have no idea yet what the next step will be with these but I really enjoyed doing the backgrounds.