There’s been a lot of “firsts” lately, and my last session was therefore no exception.
I’ve been thinking about it for a while, and finally decided to have a go at my very first acrylic painting.
I’ve been getting a lot of acrylic paint as gifts over the years, and recently bought some additional colours myself.
I didn’t know what I wanted to paint, I just wanted to get the first one done to be honest. Just to try out the medium and see how I liked it.
To be honest acrylics reminded me a lot of oil painting when it came to the applying of the paint. But I soon noticed the far quicker time it took to dry though. Both on the palette and the canvas.
You simply don’t have a lot of time getting what you want to do done.
Anyway, I just started painting t be honest, not knowing what it would en up as.
I used a flat brush to kind of push the painting on, and started out making the dark stones of a little creek.
I then added some water and highlights, before finishing up with some grass and trees in the background. It all went rather quick.
All in all I think the first attempt went rather well, and acrylics is definitely a medium I want to use more of.
This is how it ended up:
Nice start so far on your acrylic journey! They became my favourites, it’s either you love them or hate them. They can be quite tricky!
You are being very kind with me ☺☺ It was a big jump from oils into acrylics, and it took some time to get used to it. But there will definitely be more of them in the future ☺