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| 8 x 8 gallery acrylic on gallery wrap canvas |
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| 10 x 8 Acrylic on canvas panel |
Thought I would share a slightly different method used in paintings
these flowers. As long as I have been
using acrylics, I mainly have used water for mixing and diluting my paint. Read an art book a while back that suggested
not using water except for clean up. The
author said to always use a medium for mixing.
Air brush medium was suggested for mixing similar to water, and acrylic
mediums such as matte or gloss fluid, or pouring medium for a slightly thinker
mix. Gel medium was suggested for a
think texture.
I decided to give this method a try for these flowers, used
pouring medium instead of any water for painting both floral paintings. I was surprised and very pleased with how
they turned out. This does create a much richer look that I
honestly was not expecting to see. If
you haven’t tried this yet, give it a try and see if you notice a difference.
Mary
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