Day 22 of 30 (posted late)

This painting took two days for me to paint.  I just wanted to take my time with it, that's all.  So that means, by later today, I have to create another painting to keep up the pace.  I have no idea what I will paint, but I think I'm leaning towards another palette knife painting done in acrylics.

Here is the painting for day 22 of 30.  I titled it, "Colorful Glass"

"Colorful Glass"

6" X 6"

Acrylic

Gallery Wrapped Canvas

$75

(not including shipping)

Here is a photo to show you how it's painted all the way around the canvas so no frame is needed.

People comment on my water container I use for my acrylic painting all the time, so I thought I'd share with everyone what it looks like.  

I call it my "toilet".  Haha!  You can find them in art supply catalogs and I absolutely love it.  As you can tell it also holds a few brushes!  Here's how it works.  Your water is in the upper plastic container which after you fill with water, it gets turned upside down into a specially formed space.  That blue tab in the front is what washes the water into the layer below, doing the same job a toilet handle does!  It flushes out the dirty water and clean water comes from up above.  Wish I had invented it!  

Here is a photo of my gray palette.  I put my acrylic paint on a wet paper towel, which allows the paint to stay fresher longer!

I don't always use a gray palette, so you know.  It was one of those things I wanted to try to see if it made a big difference with color mixing.  It might for some but for me, no big difference.  

The colors I used are all by Liquitex.  

Titanium White

Ivory Black (for mixing colors since it is a cool black)

Mars Black (for when I want a deep black)

Cerulean Blue

Brilliant Blue

Ultramarine Blue

Cadmium Yellow Light

Cadmium Yellow Deep

Alizarin Crimson

Cadmium Red Light

Cadmium Orange

Deep Magenta

Raw Sienna

I used four brushes as pictured above:

3/8" Simply Simmons Angular Shader

Royal #5 Round (soft-grip)

Loew-Cornell 7500 Filbert #10

Robert Simmons E50 Script #1

Here's a brief synopsis of how I used each brush.

The Angular Shader (probably one of my favorite all time brushes) is one to get clean crisp lines while painting, perfect for making those corners for boxed shaped items, or even for creating the curve of glass.

The Royal Round brush is used for general overall painting.

The Filbert brush is used for blending.  It's shape is flat but it is rounded on the edges, so whether you're trying to get the roundness of glass or the curve of a cheek, this is the brush to use!  It blends wonderfully!  Highly recommend it.

The Script brush is for over all detail.  One major way to use it is to not just use the tip, but to really press down on the brush, don't be afraid!  Don't over load the brush!  When you load the brush, don't use too much paint or too much water, just enough of each and after you mix your color, twirl the brush out of the paint to achieve a real nice point.  

Hope you enjoyed today's painting!