Monday, August 11, 2008

Baha'i Shrine 2

This is the same painting as the one at the top of the blog. Both were don with Golden Open acrylics.
I was varnishing the first one and all the paint lifted off. I contacted Golden, they apologized for not making it clear to customers to wait 30days before varnishing and they are sending me a bunch of paints. Anyways, I sanded off as much paint as I could on the first one and painted it again, but this time its a little darker and not so red, as I didn't have the underpainting showing through. Comments welcome. Brian

3 comments:

  1. I like this one as well Brian, looks like you came out alright with both the paintings and the paint supplier

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  2. Sorry about the paint problem Brian... I can't remember the previous version too well, but I think I prefer it. This one feels a little tight for me. Maybe it just looks a little less painterly... great work though.

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  3. HEY.
    The woman that ''demoed'' the opens for me said to wait 90 days before varnishing to be sure. This one has interesting detail vs. ''abstract'' contrast along with the light/dark and warm/cool contrast. Very Good atmosphere and feeling.
    Steven

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