Gold Paint is a "studio staple" of mine. Call me simple, but...I like shiny things (golds, silvers, coppers and metallic blues and reds.) I started out painting with metallic acyrlics as a primer or gesso, if you will. I paint on top with oils and rely on the transparency of the oil paint to reveal the metallic colors underneath In my original paintings, it allows the painting reflect and interact with the light in the room, enhancing the highlights and allowing the viewer t

Xerox Transfers are definitely one of my favorite things to incorporate in commissioned paintings. It's a cool way to add old photos into a painting and give them a nostalgic sort of feeling. All you need is a photo, a xerox machine, some Liquitex Matte Medium OR Modge Podge, a brush and a cup of water. Pictured [to the left] is a photo from a painting I did for a couple I know a couple years go who had just gotten married. They provided me with ADORABLE photos from their ch

Face Paint Sneak Peak at my latest painting: Tribal play on when you go out to slay. It's a play on make-up conturing (the highlighting and shading....of your face), that has been around forever in the make-up world, but has become extremely popular lately not only among make up artists, but by everyday women. Just something fun to do. The original Painting has just been SOLD.... but canvas reproductions and framed prints are for sale on the Paintings By J'Nell Jordan Etsy Sh