I know, I know! "To be titled?!" It just hasn't come to me yet, give me time.
I wanted to play around a little bit more with the acrylics before I started moving into spring-cleaning craft mode (and also because I needed to make a few more requested paintings for a grouping across town, so it worked out, you know?), so I delved into the local photos for inspiration.
I found this photo, taken last year near Abrams Creek Wetlands Preserve:
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| This will be on a few Zazzle items, too, me thinks. |
Now, the last few weeks I've been really struggling with the paint. Trying too hard and over-thinking it, I guess. Thought I'd give it another go with this image and specifically try to keep it simple and un-detailed. I did a solid base coat of blue grey and white (the water) over the entire board and laid over that glazes in blue, blue-black, green, and cream, to which I added alcohol-resist textures. It turned out pretty good, I think...(except for the weirdly bent rope ties near the seat, but I won't mention that).
