Day 16 - "Sunset Blue 2"

"Sunset Blue 2", 11"x30", acrylic on gessoed watercolor paper

Worked on another larger format painting yesterday.  It's hard to photograph these, they are on gessoed watercolor paper, so I can't just prop it up to photograph.  I like the texture of this surface, but it's taking some getting used to.  Using acrylic paints, I have work pretty fast to do the blending.  I tried adding a touch of flow medium to loosen it up, and that helped some, I may try some of the slow drying medium next time.  I still haven't quite figured out how I will frame these!

Day 10 - Marsh Solitude 2

"Marsh Solitude 2", 30"X11"
acrylic on paper

I know this is an odd size for me, but I had all day, and I experimented!  This one is a half sheet of watercolor paper torn lengthwise, so it is 30" tall and 11" wide!  I started by gessoing the entire sheet last night, so it could dry all night.  Then I tore it in half and tried to figure out how I was going to paint on it.  Ended up just laying it flat.  The textured gesso really grabbed the paint, so there is quite a bit on there!  I hung it up to dry overnight, and I'll look at it in the morning to try to figure out how to mount it.  Still haven't decided that part yet!

Zeeeebra!

This was a challenge, and was painted for a potential client.  Who knew that Zebras have such large ears?!

20"x16", Acrylic on stretched canvas.