This one is acrylic on canvas. Some pros to working on canvas. I don't have to worry about the surface buckling or flattening the piece when I'm finished. And I don't really have any size limitations. Attributes that take time to deal with. The surface of the paper(I'm thinking more gesso to tone down the surface) and painting more opaquely with acrylic is strange. It's lighter when it's wet and dries darker. So I'm constantly testing colors, letting it dry, readjusting my colors, testing it, letting it dry. Getting the perfect color can be a....not fun. I think the more I work on it the more proficient I'll become. I also still plan on playing with oils.
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Awesome detail shot! That motion blur effect on the branches is killer. nice job.
I love your work E, but if you're even considering switching to oil, do so!
Can I come see it eric? I was the black guy that came into circle hall randomly one day when you were working on "The Vanishing," I also have a watercolor piece Im working on, and it would be great if you could critique the sketch of it.
thanks guys.
Jessie- the work is currently in an exhibition in culver city, CA. But I plan on visiting the illo lab with Joe Kovach to do some major painting. Perhaps you'll see me there. You can also email an image of your piece in progress, efortune357@hotmail.com, about 8x11 ish at 72ppi. Doesn't need to be larger than that. We'll see what's happnin
I will do that Eric, thanks so much, hopefully I will see you there, randomly, but in the meantime I will send you a picture of the sketch.
Cool. Be sure to put "ART" somewhere in the subject heading so I don't accidentally overlook it.
The thing you mentioned about the colour and tonal shift of acrylics is interesting. The tempera technique - the cross hatching of stokes - that John Jude Palencar uses is surely to overcome this along with a temperamental liking for a gradual build up of the image.
Apart from the drying time advantage, I would say that, pain in the ass that the colour shift problem is, it does dicourage overt naturalism, unlike the stability of oils upon drying which can seduce you into all sorts of ugly 'tromp d'oeuil' effects if you are not careful.
Yeah work with oils! I used to work on canvas, than i worked on different kind of paper, but now...i prefer wood. It's heavier and i think it last longer than paper. And i don't like the structure of canvas so wood is lovely to paint on.
Love this close up. What a feeling!
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