Title and Medium
I've named this painting "Leena" which is an African name that means softness. This painting is on stretched canvas size 16" x 20 ". I've used Winsor and Newton Galeria Acrylic: Vandyke Brown and Titanium White.
Artist's Statement
This Galeria is nice paint, it has more body than regular acrylics and keeps the brush strokes you make which I like. I saw a painting once of an African woman with a beautiful blue scarf around her head and face. It was in a gallery so I couldn't take a photo of it but when I got outside I sketched it in my cheque book register with my eye liner pencil and some blue eye shadow. I've never tried to do that painting but I thought this was a good time to try something similar. I don't usually do sketches first but with this I blocked out the area for her and then painted in the background and then painted her directly on the canvas.
What I'd Do Differently
- I think I might try it again sometime but have her looking up.
- and the next time I will give her a blue scarf.
- I like how this one turned out though
My Website/Blog
paintbrushandcanvas.blogspot.com
Marion Boddy-Evans, Painting Guide, says:
Your saying that "Galeria has more body than regular acrylics" makes me wonder what you've been using, because while Galeria does retain brushmarks it's quite a bit softer than, say, Winsor & Newton's artist's acrylics. I find I don't use much or any water or medium to spread it out with a brush, unlike some other brands.I'm a great believer in trying different brands because while they're all "acrylic paint", they aren't all identical.
