Pop Art
Still deciding. Oils or Acrylics. Oils or Acrylics. I just finished another Painted Caricature:
I struggled through with this using Acrylics because I love the bright colors of Acrylics.
But the actual experience of using paints that dry so fast
causing me to keep putting globs of hard gunky paint in the rag
while I spend so much time nervously cleaning the brush
which pulls me away from the Painting Zone is it worth it? I e
I even tried an Acrylic paint Slow-Drying-Gel this time. Made it
a litl better, but no where’s near as pleasant to work with as Oils.
I’m really an Oil Painter! Maybe they’ve come out with brighter Oil
Paints now - It is 2008 you know. Anyway, I struggled with this
picture until the very end. As I finished adding color to the white flowers,
my mood finally lifted. Every time I see this painting, I can’t help but smile.
And here’s a quick picture of the girl’s mother:
