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Winter's Night
Acrylic on canvas, 4x4 - gallery wrapped
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What a wonderful and productive day this has been! I painted four paintings, wrapped presents and cooked for tonight's "rowdy girl" Christmas party, as well as all the other preparations needed - with only 15 minutes to spare! It never truly feels like Christmas until I've hosted my first event of the holidays! With so much family - and more coming in, I normally have 5 big dinners in the two weeks around Christmas and New Year's Day. I'm quickly chipping away at that "to do" list - but there is still so much to do!!! This painting is a little bit of crazy town in the midst of my whirlwind day. I painted on a black canvas - which I have never done before! I like it! It adds such a depth and mood to the painting! With all of my recent watercolor explorations - I used my acrylics very much like watercolors, loosely painting and dropping in other colors while still wet. It was so much fun! I used acrylics for many years, without ever using them like this! I additionally, used a palette knife to apply thick molding paste (mixed with white acrylic paint) to lay on the thickest snow to the landscape - leaving a texture you just want touch! I am going to buy more of these black canvases - already the countless compositions are swimming around my head! Painting number 717 in 717 days :)
HOW amazing!
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