Eric 5/9/10

After a wonderful weekend with my parents (and no, I couldn't talk Mom into sketching for the blog), I spent today working on the final sketches for my last LCT show, River Rat and Cat.  Since there are only three sketches, and I had all day, I thought it would be no problem to knock them all out.  WRONG!!!

I love painting in acrylic, but I forget how painfully slow I am with it.  If I were to be doing more of them, then I'm sure my pace would pick up.  However, I soon remembered how long it actually took me to paint my thesis project from UT, The Love of Three Oranges, especially since there were over forty of those.

But, I still find the whole process satisfying.  And since they're not due tomorrow, I can still get them all done on time.  What I like so much about acrylic is the opacity.  Since I'm a bit of a random thinker when it comes to my sketches, I tend to not always think "light to dark" as is required in watercolor.  With acrylic, your highlights can come last, and that's all right.  I also like the color saturation acrylic can afford.

Also, due to the tea dyeing, my paper is pretty warped, so it didn't scan well.

Here's to many hours of painting ahead!