Today I’m presenting days 2 and 3 of the 30/30 Painting Challenge on the blog. I am still working in acrylic paints, trying to finish them because I am not thrilled by the way they work.
These acrylics are not as creamy as the oils I’ve used in the past. They don’t cover the canvas as I like, but there is a certain quality about how this looks. Somewhat creamy and transparent at the same time.
Maybe it’s my brush?
I painted this sunflower before, in watercolor and that was kind of tightly worked while this is freer.
This fast and loose style is interesting. It has movement, and feels good to me.
Now look at this seascape. Same size canvas, same brush and the acrylic paint, but tighter brush strokes. Ok, I’m interested, but I’m not that happy with how the paint lays on the surface this time. I wanted to get a smooth brush of paint, but nothing I did would work, in my opinion at least.
When I used oils I don’t remember them being so hard to get color on the canvas. It kept blending with the paint already down when I didn’t want that to happen. Maybe it’s the quality of these acrylics, could be a student’s grade.
The idea is to finish these and continue on with something else.
The daily painting process is the priority.
