Inspired by Dan, I broke out the arcylics that have been sitting in my apartment for a while.
I found a gargoyle on the web and thought it would be an appropriate first subject for my maiden voyage into acrylic paints. This image took a few days for me to get it to this point, and I think it's a bit heavy handed. In fact, the end result looks more like a painting that should have been done in oils because of the dense application of paint to the paper.
The learning curve was massive while I was painting this and I'm sure it's going to keeping on increasing as I continue to paint with acrylics.
I think I also have to invest in some better brushes. The set I used was a beginners set with 4 different types of hog bristles and 3 synthetic ones. The hog ones were falling apart and you could see some of the hairs embedded in the paint. I think I prefer the synthetics. They feel more like the watercolour brushes that I'm used to.
2 comments:
What is it - those that inspire are surpassed by the inspired? This is great!! Wonderful dive into acrylics. It doesn't seem heavy-handed to me. You want a light hand? Do watercolors! PS - Thanks for the nod. :)
Fabulous first time out! Much better than my first (and last) which went straight into the garbage can! Though, half my paint tubes said transparent and half said opaque. I bought them as a set, so I'm not sure why they would combine them like that. I wanted opaque to use more like oils as you did here. (I don't know anything at all about acrylic) Well, it's in the trash and I don't have to think about anymore!
Thanks for that advice. You were so right and I feel the cloud lifting already.
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