I did my first acrylic painting in nearly ten years today. It’s not much, but it is finished.
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| Embers, Acrylic on board, approx. 300 x 300 mm. |
Hmm, jpegs certainly can’t handle reds very well. This is rather more orange than it appears in this piccy. That and the poor lighting make for a pretty poor photo. Apologies.
Anyways, I didn’t know what I was going to paint when I started and it just happened. I wanted to play with colour graduation (but then I always do :D) and decided to go with the yellows through to red. I also wanted to play with thick paint, something I’ve never really done before (I’m too much of a stinge). It was fun, and I like the glow.
Ooh, and the day is not over…I might be able to do something else. What an odd concept 😀
Nutty
(I did something, finally)
Comments
15 responses to “Colour experiments – Embers”
I don't know why you say "It's not much" — I think it's very cool! I love the colours — even if they aren't true to life because of photography challenges (to which I can totally relate!)
So pretty love the colors.
Love it
Such vibrance! I beg you to do more in acrylic!
Wow! It looks like the picture is glowing, that is very very cool! I cannot for the life of me to convince myself to do thick paint in acrylic, I keep thinking "but then I will run out and will need to buy MORE paint". I might have to reconsider my approach now.
It came out very pretty, it actually looks like it's glowing. I myself haven't painted in forever, I think you've inspired me!
Beautiful.
I find that the light affects reds more than any other color when I am trying to photograph things.
Wonderful!!
It turned out beautifully! I love the graduated colours. Did you start with the lightest first?
Oooh! I love it! The colors and textures. Really looks great.
This is gorgeous!! Really gives the feeling of embers sparking off a fire at night.
Its gorgeous! Sorry, been so quite. Head buried in mosaic making. My exhibition is 3 weeks away – eeeeek! x
Nutty! This is stunning! I LOVE it!
"I'm too much of a stinge" made me chuckle 🙂
I think this is fantastic!!! (It does look like it's glowing)
I am also having lots of problems photographing/scanning my work… aaargh!
Hope you've had a fabulous day creating 🙂
xo
Kristin
p.s. My "Day 7" is also my Drawing Lab Challenge piece
Love the colours and well done for using "thick paint". That's something I plan to try one day – need to get some decent paint first!
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