While I was painting this a passerby asked how I could use watercolour on a paper palette. I wasn't. I am playing around trying to find a system that will work for me on the French River trip. I wondered if I could use acrylic paint like watercolour and I think that with practice I could. I have read that there will be adhesion issues if I dilute the acrylic paint this much so we will see.
It was a perfect day to paint. It was about 24 C but I was in the shade and there was a cool breeze coming off the lake. This is small (9 X 12) but a comfortable canoe trip size and gessoed watercolour paper so very light. It was painted in about an hour and a half with many disruptions which can be troublesome when working with acrylic paint on a warm breezy day.
I had fun painting this which is a first with acrylic paint but that is probably because I was using my very comfortable watercolour techniques. I have some issues with the finished painting but it was fun, I learned a lot and I think this method may work. Now up to my studio to work on a portrait commission. Now that is work.
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