My next Liberty Snake was painted with thin washes of indigo and crimson over muslin sized with white gesso. After allowing this to dry overnight, I placed stencil cut out shapes in a variety of ovals over the translucent washes. I then stippled an opaque design around these. I liked this effect overall and the rich surface that was created. For a final embellishment, I used stamped designs in the oval spaces. Most of my slogans on these snakes are now dedicated to segments of our population bearing the worst brunt of the present pandemic - in this case the elderly.
This snake is also about twelve feet long and is hollow, so that it can be filled like a giant stuffed animal.
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