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| 10 minute color block in |
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| Dreamland Acrylic on masonite, 5x5 sold |
A childhood friend of mine had posted this darling photo of his daughter - and I knew I had to paint her! Capturing such a sweet moment in a child’s life has been a joy! I started with a 10 minute color block in, allowing this to dry while I ran errands. As soon as I was back from the gym, I started right in with my brush work. Using again the limited palette, I find these colors work so well together. There is such a wonderful color harmony attained by using the limited palette! I am finding that the gessoed surface is wearing at my new brushes, though. I normally add a bit of acrylic gel medium to my gesso to allow the brushes to move more easily over the surface. I just primed 10 other panels - and will be topping them off with some of the medium in a cross hatch fashion. We’ll see if that helps. I am loving the effect I am getting with the acrylics using short, impressionistic strokes! Painting number 1044 in 1044 days.
