My ‘Tape Technique’ is a funny little technique which I’ve found is abit like Marmite… people either love it or hate it!

But I read this quote once by Alexander Calder once and it’s always stuck with me:

“Above all, Art should be fun”

… and that’s exactly what this style is

#artprocess #acrylicpainting #abstractart

To give you a little background, I started painting originally for stress relief and therapy when I suddenly started having seizures 3 months before I was due to graduate from a Physiotherapy degree! My whole life turned upside down as you can imagine. But I believe ‘Everything happens for a reason’ and I couldn’t imagine my life without my art now.

In 2018 I was discovered by a Publisher, Artko Ltd, who supply framed prints of my work to shops throughout the UK. My bestselling pieces are my ‘Love Trees’.

My work is currently in various shops including John Lewis and Dunelm and links to these can be found below…  

John Lewis:
https://www.johnlewis.com/search?sear... (https://www.johnlewis.com/search?sear...)

Dunelm:
https://www.dunelm.com/search?q=sara+... (https://www.dunelm.com/search?q=sara+...)

I ship my artwork Worldwide and so far have shipped my work to the USA, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Germany, Malta, Amsterdam, Spain, Italy and Ireland.

TIMESTAMP:
0:00 Intro laying down the paint
0:07 Making the first ‘scrape’
1:08 The background layers develop
1:12 The background layer has dried… now adding white along the top half of the canvas
2:11 Preparing the tape
2:26 The first tape is laid
3:20 Lots of tape is laid
4:04 The tape is now painted over
5:54 The body of the trees are painted
11:03 The first tape is removed, revealing the tree trunk
13:14 Paint is prepared for a different type of tree trunk
13:21 Paint is added along the edge of cardboard ready to ‘mark make’
13:42 Tree trunks are added with cardboard
16:12 Finer details are added by finger
19:54 Some final tree trunks are painted
22:28 Sponge is used to add more details
25:00 The canvas edges are painted
25:42 The final painting is revealed finished in a white floating frame

WEBSITE:
https://www.littledotart.co.uk/ (https://www.littledotart.co.uk/)

INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/littledotar... (https://www.instagram.com/littledotar...)

FACEBOOK
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Hope you’ve enjoyed this process video.

Sara