What media to pick. - Acrylics.
After gathering some information about acrylic painting I decided to buys some paints, canvas panels, and brushes to give it a try. I also found a great new source of inspiration and information:
Wet Canvas is a great artist community that covers just about any type of art you may be interested in, from painting to sculpture, glass blowing, and computer art.... They are also some of the most friendly and helpful people you could ever hope to meet.
With that inspiration and my new art supplies I started to play around with Acrylics. I felt more comfortable with them then I did water colors but being water based paints they did tend to dry quickly. It wasn't a huge problem but it wasn't something I cared for. I only have one piece available that I did in Acrylics as most were just "doodles" getting used to the media.
I bought a small selection of fruit and painted a simple still life, I was actually very happy with the results:
I was very happy with being able to create some roundness on the fruit and in managing to add some reflection of the fruit colors into one another. I'm not happy with the table or background as these were not there in real life and I just "winged it" and threw them in. I used green as it's the complementary color for the reds of the fruit but it just didn't work too well.
I also have a large (20" X 20") unfinished acrylic painting that I was doing just for fun. I am a big anime fan and a very popular show that I do like is called InuYasha. This is a scene from the TV show that I really enjoyed but it still needs a lot of work.
It was interesting working on something this large as most other things I've worked on have been between (9"X12") to (11"X14"). I hope to finish this one just so I can hang it up and enjoy it for myself.
As I mentioned I wasn't thrilled with the acrylics drying so fast and also the fact that they dry flat. The paint doesn't have any thickness or texture unless you add extra medium to your paint to thicken it.
After reading more on Wet Canvas I realized that oil paints are not that dangerous if you take some precautions. I also was no longer in a location where I would be painting in the same room as my pet birds. I made the decision that if I wanted to paint in oils why not go ahead and do it. I had spent enough on art supplies up to that point, what's a few hundred more dollars. (LOL)
Next up, oils.
Wet Canvas is a great artist community that covers just about any type of art you may be interested in, from painting to sculpture, glass blowing, and computer art.... They are also some of the most friendly and helpful people you could ever hope to meet.
With that inspiration and my new art supplies I started to play around with Acrylics. I felt more comfortable with them then I did water colors but being water based paints they did tend to dry quickly. It wasn't a huge problem but it wasn't something I cared for. I only have one piece available that I did in Acrylics as most were just "doodles" getting used to the media.
I bought a small selection of fruit and painted a simple still life, I was actually very happy with the results:
I was very happy with being able to create some roundness on the fruit and in managing to add some reflection of the fruit colors into one another. I'm not happy with the table or background as these were not there in real life and I just "winged it" and threw them in. I used green as it's the complementary color for the reds of the fruit but it just didn't work too well.
I also have a large (20" X 20") unfinished acrylic painting that I was doing just for fun. I am a big anime fan and a very popular show that I do like is called InuYasha. This is a scene from the TV show that I really enjoyed but it still needs a lot of work.
It was interesting working on something this large as most other things I've worked on have been between (9"X12") to (11"X14"). I hope to finish this one just so I can hang it up and enjoy it for myself.
As I mentioned I wasn't thrilled with the acrylics drying so fast and also the fact that they dry flat. The paint doesn't have any thickness or texture unless you add extra medium to your paint to thicken it.
After reading more on Wet Canvas I realized that oil paints are not that dangerous if you take some precautions. I also was no longer in a location where I would be painting in the same room as my pet birds. I made the decision that if I wanted to paint in oils why not go ahead and do it. I had spent enough on art supplies up to that point, what's a few hundred more dollars. (LOL)
Next up, oils.
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