Tag: Acrylic

This is what I’ve been working on: If it’s incredibly bright pink, the monitor isn’t showing it well. I’ve read somewhere that quinacridone pigments don’t photograph well. The flowers are really a more subdued magenta.This is on eucalyptus hardboard MDF. It’s rather large, which is unfortunate, because I got extreme fatigue. Turns out I have… Continue reading Open tulips

Practice on cardboard — in a dimly lit room. When I brought it into good lighting, I saw all the “dirt” instead of shadows, etc. But, it’s practice, so I didn’t care. I looked at this reference photo: https://www.pikrepo.com/fthqk/boy-s-facebut didn’t try to get an exact likeness.That’s such a cute kid. I love freckles.Of all the… Continue reading Practice freckles

The paper is a Bienfang spiral pad of 40 sheets of mixed media paper, 9in. x 12in., 90 lb./146gsm. It costs around 16 pennies per sheet (U.S.). It’s really flimsy, but I brushed some matte medium onto it and that stiffened it. Enough so that I was able to practice on it. Actually, it’s flat… Continue reading Cheap paper