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Old Cottage on Canvas

Reader Submissions: Painting Photos Challenge #12 Window in Old Cottage

From meetaskumar

 Old Cottage on Canvas

Old cottage on canvas

Medium/Support/Size 

Acrylic on real canvas, triple-primed with acrylic gesso. Size is 9x12".

My Thoughts About This Challenge 

This is my first painting and I am really excited to make this old cottage painting. My experience of painting is not too much but I love making paintings. So I've decided I'd like to paint with acrylics on canvas.

Lessons Learned 

  • I think painting is not easy when I've finished it but I am happy make something different.

Marion Boddy-Evans, Painting Guide, says:

Acrylics is a good choice when learning to paint as they're easy to use (dilute and clean up with water), dry quickly so you can paint over bits easily, and can be used in a range of ways from very thick to very thin. I think you've done a great job here, and hopefully you'll tackle some of the other photos and projects on the site too.

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