Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Dipping into the acrylics again ...

Last week, I stretched a couple of small canvasses and got out my old acrylics. The brushes were in worse shape than the paints themselves.  I thought the paint would have dried out after 10 years.  I guess not.

One of the canvasses has been on my easel for nearly a week.  I'm relearning the process, while working on a still life of sunflowers.  I still prefer the visceral feel of pastels, but this is a nice change of pace.  Perhaps someday I'll start working on a couple of huge canvasses, like I used to.  Whipping the big ol' housebrushes around was fun.  And who wouldn't want to see my 4'x6' self-portrait?

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