Dump #5

Pretty small update this time. Just have a portrait that will forever remain unfinished, and my very first actual painting on canvas. Working with acrylics on canvas is a lot different than using a wacom tablet and Photoshop, but the principles are the same. I guess it’s just the physical application that changes. Painting with a brush feel much more natural as far as boldly laying down solid values. However, mixing paint to get the value you want is a pain in the ass. Also values look completely different depending on what is surrounding them, and the paint looks differently wet and dry, and on the brush and on the canvas. All takes practice I guess.

~ by alwaysranting on January 30, 2012.