Texture! There are few things as satisfying as creating texture on a piece of art. It’s visual; it’s tactile; it’s moody. I love it!  Today I learned some tricks from Stephanie Lee that I know will be showing up in lots of my future art. Her free course is inspiring and highly recommended.. The tutorial called for plaster of Paris and plaster gauze, neither of which I have, but fortunately I do have a box full of texture materials and a shelf full of mediums that worked well.. Here is a link to her workshop:  https://jeanneoliver.com/courses/free-art-video-texture-with-plaster-gauze Now for the reveal - my experiments:  1. Cheesecloth glued onto cardboard, crackle paste applied with a palette knife, dried in the hot sun, brushed with a watery layer of raw umber acrylic, and then wiped with a damp paper towel.: The same piece used as substrate for collage using gel print, fabric, vintage book page, napkin, scrapbook paper, and dried botanicals: 2. Book binding tape ...