Because the example in the book was so unremarkable, I painted it on less expensive mixed media paper. It was surprising how nice the paper was, much better than my acrylic paper. The acrylic paper has lines that show through paintings, even when two coats of gesso are applied. The mixed media paper works well on its own, but I’m going to try it with gesso next time.
Sunday, 24 January 2016
Painting Project No. 15 from 'Ways to Learn Acrylics'
‘Light, shadow and value outdoors: Road and grass’ was project 15 in “Little Ways to Learn Acrylics: 50 small painting projects..." by Mark Daniel Nelson. The lesson was a good one, the picture, not so nice. According to Mark, "keeping relationships consistent is the key to representing convincing light and shadow patterns in your paintings". So the shade for the shadow on the grass is darker than it is on the pavement.
Because the example in the book was so unremarkable, I painted it on less expensive mixed media paper. It was surprising how nice the paper was, much better than my acrylic paper. The acrylic paper has lines that show through paintings, even when two coats of gesso are applied. The mixed media paper works well on its own, but I’m going to try it with gesso next time.
Because the example in the book was so unremarkable, I painted it on less expensive mixed media paper. It was surprising how nice the paper was, much better than my acrylic paper. The acrylic paper has lines that show through paintings, even when two coats of gesso are applied. The mixed media paper works well on its own, but I’m going to try it with gesso next time.
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