I am still in an experimental stage. Just trying things to see what works. I am posting the results of the successful experiments.

There is no overall story. I tried to sort these by related features, similar colors, similar density, etc. Some of that sorting effort remains, but mostly the sorting was a failure. The order presented here is mostly the order that I finished the pieces.

As with the previous set, there are plenty of variables to play with. The brush size, thickness, direction, colors, coverage.

Random Wavy Patterns. Swap two words to get the title of the next series.

The last set was mainly filling up a waving flag shape with random patterns and small shapes. This time I fill the whole canvas with random wavy shapes.

A very busy one mixing a black and white layer with rainbow colors.

Zoom / details of Wavy Random Patterns #27

Here metallic colors on the left transition to flat colors on the right.

Three layers. Another color combination that I like.

This image has four flat layers. The colors match layers on Wavy Random Patterns #23. The shape details in the layers are different between the two images. The main difference is making the layers flat.

Today's image has a color scheme similar to the images Wavy Random Patterns #11 to Wavy Random Patterns #18. Here, the bottom layer has depth, the top layer is flat.

Four layers

1 & 3 blue / gold / brown

2 & 4 dark red / light blue

Single layer, with dark red / light blue colors.

Detail of yesterday's image Wavy Random Patterns #20.

This one has more depth than Wavy Random Patterns #19, and I added a dark red/ light bule layer.

Resuming posting. Continuing the same theme, with more palettes and more layer combinations. Here are two blue/gold/brown layers.

Let's call this one 20% over blending.

Setting the relative weights on how to blend is a design choice. The previous image is "equal" weight. Here the weight of the foreground layer is reduce by 50%. The result has a better balance.

I am not going to define "blend" or "50% over blending". There is a lot going on here. I do not have a simple dial to turn that goes from 0-100. Unquantified "less" and "more" is obvious. So this is "a somewhat lighter top layer that I am arbitrarily calling 50%".

Reversing the layers.

Compare this to the earlier image Wavy Random Patterns #12 that I selected to publish as the finish piece. I think having the subdued colors in the foreground works much better. It is a small improvement, over yesterday's single layer Wavy Random Patterns #15. There are more wrinkles and subtle highlights in the colors. But I think the top layer is still too dominant.

Bottom layer "Hot Color".

Top layer "Blood".

2x zoom detail of yesterday's post.