Wednesday, May 4, 2011

New Paint and a bit of a change



















I've bought some interactive acrylics, thinking they will be better for plein-air painting. ( to go along with my brand new soltek easel!)  This is not a plein air painting, however but I wanted to get a feel for these paints which stay wet longer and can revitalize with a bit of spray when they start to dry. I'm not sure I need them for this type of painting with the texture underneath. A couple of Red Robins for a change of pace and to welcome ( finally) Spring!























acrylic 9x12
Again using the interactives and no palette knife. Hmmmmm.... struggled a lot with this painting...maybe too may new variables...small canvas, new paint, new subject and no trusty palette knife. Fun to play and experiment though.

5 comments:

Melinda Walker said...

The robins are beautiful. All of your paintings are really beautiful but the robins are so beautiful they inspired me to comment :)

Happy Painting

Ruth Andre said...

Love your Robins. Nice change of pace!

Anonymous said...

beautiful! Both the robins and the brushes. The brushes are quite masterful.

Darlene Twitchell said...

Beautiful painting! And a new Soltek easel! :D Congratulations! I've been eyeing those for a long time...

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