On Sunday morning I sat outside in the glorious sunshine having my coffee. My mind was wondering to painting and painting in acrylic. I decided to capture a little vignette in my yard and the neighbouring heritage yard in a little sketch. My yard is no show place but I wanted to show there is beauty everywhere if you take the time to look.
These planters and pots have been long neglected and are now homes for weeds. I didn't include the chain link fence separating the two yards.
My challenge was to make a painting only from the sketch. I did a bit of cropping to come up with a common ratio. I painted this on gessoed paper which I can mount onto a 12x24 canvas in the future. I am not completely comfortable with acrylics as my main medium is oils. I tried not to get fussy and used a 3/4 flat for most of the painting. I still have palette bug issues with acrylics. Wet palette or dry. Today's painting was used with a dry palette and a spray bottle.
It was a fun experiment with a sketch to painting and in acrylic with moderate satisfaction on the finished painting.
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