After a discussion with an Art Teacher at Itchen College I admitted to a life-long desire to be able to paint. The A-T said "Do it then. Anyone can paint." The first four paintings are my early efforts in acrylic paint. Even I am not sure which way up this one should be. This strengthened my opinion that not anyone can paint but I decided to stick with it and give the challenge a fair chance.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Fruit on Red and Blue Cloths
Turquoise Beach
This was intended as a memory of holiday in Turkey. I was pleased with the colour of the sea but the foreground did not work as intended. The clouds were painted with a feather in an attempt to get a light fluffy appearance.
Snowstorm
This is an attempt to get more out of acrylics by using a palette knife for most of the painting. The buildings and figures are pleasing but the sky came out a little heavy, perhaps I should have flicked the paint at the canvas rather than speckled it.
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