first acrylic
after taking some pain meds last night I felt confident enough to dabble in my new acrylics. I did a wash on the back ground and found the diluted acrylic very similar to watercolor. HOWEVER, the colors that I have are not colors I normally use. I prefer vibrant, blues, deep reds, purples etc…. These are more earth tones which I am pretty unfamiliar with =in the context of mixing and making different hues. ANYWAY…..I started by painting a shape that turned out to look like a bush/leaf/something. I couldn’t decide what to do next but i wanted to use my paint up before it dried. SO I painted a headless lady sitting cross legged. Painting is very different than drawing but I do enjoy it. Finished my lady and called it a night. Got up this morning and looked at the picture and realized that the lady is WAY out of proportion…. didn’t look so good after the meds wore off! LOL OH well- it was my first one. and I can always Gesso over it.
I didn’t win my ebay easel. I was outbid by $11. I’m ok with that. I didn’t realize the shipping was $30!!!! I’d rather go to my favorite little art store and get one there.
Back is a little better for now. My patch fell off in the middle of the night- after it’s 8 hours of pumping medicine into my back. I’m gonna try to take it easy today. Maybe paint some more.
T