The day we were abstract with our masking tape

For this session we had collected some old used canvases from charity shops and given them a quick whitewash with acrylic so that some of the old picture shoed through. Then we used masking tape to create shapes and lines at random, painting over them with different coloured acrylic. We found it best to pull off the acrylicbefore the paint dries.

When the first layer dried we then used making tape again over the top of what we had done and created another layer. Then another after that. You can keep going as long as you want until you are happy with the result. Warning- have a large bin bag to hand as the masking tape soon mounts up and is covered in paint!

As can be seen above some people also added pieces of fabric too. You could build up additional layers with material or paper, scraps from magazines or anything you fancied. Yoe end up with an abstract mish mash!