Acrylics and Roses

Acrylics watered down can look like watercolours. I tried this in class and it turned out better than expected. I didn't use any retarder for the paints. Just water. It was a bit challenging but worked out.

Practice piece

This is an acrylic with texture building up the rocks and trunk to make it more 3d. Pointillism technique was used for the sky. This is a copy of John Le Flock's teaching painting. I thought it'd be easy but with all the detail it was much harder and time consuming, but with John's help, I learned tonnes. I also made the painting brighter and more colourful than his. I just can't help myself! I love colour!!!

Betula Lake Before the Storm

My family just got back from our vacation to Manitoba. It was a wonderful trip to witness my cousin Michael's wedding to his lovely wife Eryn. We drove in our RV and it took us almost 3 weeks. What an adventure. This painting was done while we were on the road when our daughter was sleeping. It's roughly 12x8 inches--just a little chalk pastel.

Another Charcoal

This one is a copy of John Le Flock's charcoal. Painting the charcoal onto the hair wrap was amazing. The look is so soft like real fabric flowing around her face.