The teacher's method is to have us replicate one of her paintings: a barn in a snowy field.
We start with the background. ("In acrylics, you move from back to front," we are told...)
It's harder than it looks - my background doesn't darken evenly like hers does. Instead it has streaks of color.
Fortunately skies are very flexible! They come streaky with clouds - or clear. Mine looks a little foggy!
Next class we'll work on the barn, she tells us...
For three whole hours?!! It definitely isn't as easy as it looks! But I do love the texture of the paint. It reminds me of the oil paints I used in my teenage years when I painted portraits. The disadvantages of oil paints are the long drying times... and the smell. (Which is why I am avoiding them now.)
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