Olive Trees & Cottage/ SOLD

Acrylic on Canvas Board

9 x 12cm, 3.5 x 4.7"

SOLD

I recently bought artist grade acrylics on a whim. Here is my first painting with them. I didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as oils, but in fact I did. The consistency of the paint is different. An avid oil-painter once said that painting with acrylics is like painting with toothpaste.

I liked that they dry fast and you can almost immediately work the next level of the painting. I'll keep working with them. My original idea was to use the acrylics to get the underpaintings done faster but after working this little painting I saw no reason to use oils over it.

It is always hard to break away from self-imposed limitations. I just assumed I didn't like acrylics, that they were somehow inferior to oils. I've always assumed that. But how can I make that judgment without working with them seriously? All my painting years have been in oils. Now I get to see a different medium... and anything different will bring on new results and deeper understanding.

Perhaps I will tackle watercolors one day...... strong self-imposed limitation there. I find them extremely difficult to work with.

Be well....