My second exercise from 101 Techniques: Acrylics. I’m happiest with the pear on the left. 🙂
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Bare trees
My first exercise from 101 Techniques: Acrylics. I thinned my acrylics and used them more like watercolours here.
Tui in the rain
This is my first attempt at a larger canvas (12×16″) and my own composition. It’s based on a photo I took.
Hair brush on the couch
The couch is a bit rough (I decided to add that after drawing the brush), but I’m pleased that I managed to capture the bristles of the brush reasonably well. And the perspective’s not too bad, either. I bought my first larger canvas (12×16″) last week, and I have an idea for using it, soContinue reading “Hair brush on the couch”
Our high school teachers weren’t going far enough when they spoke of the symbol as one artistic device among others: the symbol is the very stuff of art. J. F. Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice
