I've been having a much better time with painting since switching to acrylics. I've continued with the smaller ones on paper, but they've slowed. Below is the only one from this week that I really like. I'm curious what other people think of it, because I think it's pretty close to the movement/distortion that I want to create.
I started a larger acrylic.
My tentative plan is to get it pretty close to where I want it, and then do oils over it for final touches. Acrylics are great for working fast and building up depth, but to me the vibrancy just isn't there, or maybe I just haven't figured out how to get it there.
I built another stretcher bar, 40"x60", and will paint it the same way, starting with acrylics. So, officially, I have way too many paintings started and zero finished (excluding the little ones). It would feel really nice to finish one.
Timekeeping
Oils: 5 1/2 (okay, I went back for a minute)
Acrylics: 9
Grant proposal: 2
Wood shop: 3
Your progressing just fine Emerson, you have a good feel of were you want the project to go and I can see your working hard. I for one, enjoy the current painting that you showed, it has a mysterious beauty to it but in a way it feels a little different from the other you have made.
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