Practice 02-2008

This was done with a traditional underpainting. You can see the stages here: deviantArt

I have been trying to learn how to paint more... well... spontaneously, but after 3 failures I was feeling pretty low, so I did this one with a method I was more familiar with from my days painting in oils. The good news is that for once I really did manage to get a good mimic of an oil painting - it has the same depth and sheen and brightness. Which I think is a first for me in acrylics. So that's good at least. But i haven't given up on spontaneous painting yet. I just won't post those pictures.