Studio Time

This painting has three levels: Standing, chair and step stool. I spent much of this morning sitting on a step stool trying to get this to work. I managed to get a sort of temporary fix for the orange thing that was on the bottom. It seems a little simplistic. I’ll have to see how it works with the rest of the painting. Working at this size is a little odd after working on “normal” sized stuff for so long. Gauging the relative size of things is difficult.

I decided that this rocking horse needs to be a sort of walnut or red oak (we’ll see what fits), and that this needs a red under-painting. In real life, it’s sort of spooky and glowing. This little image doesn’t quite convey that.

It’s getting there. This canvas isn’t quite raw. It’s got a couple of light seal coats on it. It still sucks up paint like there’s no tomorrow. I love the dense colors I’m getting but I will be happy to move on to oils.

Colors are the same… Thankfully, Open Acrylics don’t dry out on the palette overnight.