Picture 4
This painting was exactly what I wanted to do, even though it doesn't look like much. I wanted to get the wash technique to do what I wanted and I was successful. I want to continue to bring it down and fill in the bottom of the painting, but at the time I was painting it I was satisfied that it was finished. This is on really cheap paper and I want to get the wash thing down so I can do it on a real canvas. If I can ever figure out how to make color vibrant I'd like to make these sorts of plain paintings simple but vibrant.
posted by MaPaMumby @ 1:29 PM
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well done! i love them, and am impressed that they are speaking to you in such a profound manner! i knew it would happen!!! i will be interested to hear what you end up calling the untitled piece.
and you are right, i did not paint yesterday...i did however build a 3x5 canvas that is soon to be painted on and sold to brian and jen johnson for their living room!
Vibrant color is determined by type of paint, paint quality and the amount of water you add to it. You will not be able to get a vibrant color using acrylics on canvas than if you use watercolor paper and watercolor paint. The downside of acrylic paint is that it is not vibrant (it dries dull).
You need to buy expensive paints to get bright colors with acrylic. I have some good watercolors you should try, they will achieve vibrant color. I have also figured out a few ways (from Mike) to achieve bright washes with acrylics—its called mixing in piles of gloss medium instead of using water (water breaks apart the pigment). The problem is that it is expensive but I am currently addicted to this technique!
After watercolors oils are the way to go to get bold beautiful color—they are king but are a pain to use.
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