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The Wild Rock Textures of Loophead in Ireland

The Wild Rock Textures of Loophead in Ireland

November 24, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 11 Comments

At the Loophead Lighthouse we saw some photos of the nearby rock formations and just had to go exploring the area. The walk from the Loophead Lighthouse to the nearby […]

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Ireland, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Graffiti textured plastered wall in Chittor, India

Graffiti Textures from Around the World

October 13, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

A collection of graffiti textures from around the world. Rusty graffiti abstract on a hoarding in Madrid, Spain. Plaster wall incised with graffiti in Chittor, India. Not graffiti per se […]

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Decorative ceramic mosaic wall in TuDuc's royal tomb in Hue, Vietnam

Textures of the Royal Tombs of Hue in Vietnam

October 25, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

A trip to the Royal Tombs of Hue in Vietnam. Decayed metal. Decayed metal. Metal door.  Mischievous puppy. Painted wood panel. Graffiti on rust-coloured walls in TuDuc’s royal tomb.More graffiti on rust-coloured […]

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Rusty hoarding with interesting angles cut into it in Madrid, Spain

Rusty Textures from Around the World

September 2, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

A collection of rusty textures from around the world. Rusty fittings and weathered wood in the boatyard at the Frigate in Ebeltoft, Denmark. Rusty garage door in Talpa, Mexico. Rusty […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: SouthWest US Texture

August 8, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 9 Comments

These red rocks are along on various highways near Moab in Utah. The black shiny desert varnish adds a contrasting visual quality to the rougher texture of the sandstone; the petroglyphs add another. Black shiny desert […]

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American Southwest, Road Trip, Utah, Weekly Photo Challenge
Texture of Spring: Pussy Willow

The Texture of Spring

March 27, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

This is an experiment in trying to capture the ‘texture’ of spring in a different way than my usual macros of flowers. These images didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped, […]

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BC, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Photo Apps, Photo Challenges, Western USA & Canada
gessoed wood panel with weed

Mixed Media Struggle 3: Gesso is my New Undo Button

October 11, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

THE COVER-UP My original idea for this painting was to somehow produce a piece of art that took on the characteristics of multiple posters stapled onto a wooden surface. But […]

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Art, Painting
glazes on a sea-like surface

Glazing over the spackle texture on your mixed-media painting

September 17, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Most of our second mixed media class was about creating textures with spackle, with the remainder being about glazing over the plaster/spackle textures. Here is the glazing process: First apply acrylic […]

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Art, Painting
image transfer of rocks and spackle with grit

Additions to spackle to add even more texture to your painting

September 8, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

June 9, 2011: The next demo in my mixed-media class was to create even more texture to the spackle mix with the addition of sand, pebbles, grit or other similar things. […]

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Art, Painting

Pressing Objects into Spackle to Add Texture to Your Paintings

August 26, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Basic Acrylic/Spackle Mix and Pressed Textures. Our second Mixed-Media Class was all about using spackle to add texture to your paintings. Jeanne gave us some hints about using texture: in […]

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