Sunday, November 7, 2010

Colour experiments - Embers

I did my first acrylic painting in nearly ten years today. It's not much, but it is finished.

Embers, Acrylic on board, approx. 300 x 300 mm.
Hmm, jpegs certainly can't handle reds very well. This is rather more orange than it appears in this piccy. That and the poor lighting make for a pretty poor photo. Apologies.

Anyways, I didn't know what I was going to paint when I started and it just happened. I wanted to play with colour graduation (but then I always do :D) and decided to go with the yellows through to red. I also wanted to play with thick paint, something I've never really done before (I'm too much of a stinge). It was fun, and I like the glow.

Ooh, and the day is not over...I might be able to do something else. What an odd concept :D

Nutty
(I did something, finally)
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13 comments:

  1. xinmeSun Nov 07, 11:25:00 PM

    I don't know why you say "It's not much" -- I think it's very cool! I love the colours -- even if they aren't true to life because of photography challenges (to which I can totally relate!)

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  2. PriscillaSun Nov 07, 11:33:00 PM

    So pretty love the colors.

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  3. Heather BrushMon Nov 08, 12:59:00 AM

    Such vibrance! I beg you to do more in acrylic!

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  4. Alisa @ A stitch in betweenMon Nov 08, 01:12:00 AM

    Wow! It looks like the picture is glowing, that is very very cool! I cannot for the life of me to convince myself to do thick paint in acrylic, I keep thinking "but then I will run out and will need to buy MORE paint". I might have to reconsider my approach now.

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  5. Morph WaffleMon Nov 08, 02:18:00 AM

    It came out very pretty, it actually looks like it's glowing. I myself haven't painted in forever, I think you've inspired me!

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  6. AnonymousMon Nov 08, 02:47:00 AM

    Beautiful.
    I find that the light affects reds more than any other color when I am trying to photograph things.

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  7. EVAMon Nov 08, 04:54:00 AM

    Wonderful!!

    It turned out beautifully! I love the graduated colours. Did you start with the lightest first?

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  8. Anne ButeraMon Nov 08, 06:48:00 AM

    Oooh! I love it! The colors and textures. Really looks great.

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  9. LeahMon Nov 08, 07:58:00 AM

    This is gorgeous!! Really gives the feeling of embers sparking off a fire at night.

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  10. ConcettaMon Nov 08, 08:44:00 AM

    Its gorgeous! Sorry, been so quite. Head buried in mosaic making. My exhibition is 3 weeks away - eeeeek! x

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  11. Cindy BelsethMon Nov 08, 01:02:00 PM

    Nutty! This is stunning! I LOVE it!

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  12. Kristin DudishMon Nov 08, 02:57:00 PM

    "I'm too much of a stinge" made me chuckle :)
    I think this is fantastic!!! (It does look like it's glowing)

    I am also having lots of problems photographing/scanning my work... aaargh!

    Hope you've had a fabulous day creating :)

    xo
    Kristin

    p.s. My "Day 7" is also my Drawing Lab Challenge piece

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  13. LouiseTue Nov 09, 09:36:00 PM

    Love the colours and well done for using "thick paint". That's something I plan to try one day - need to get some decent paint first!

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