The Ground Ball

I am going a little crazy here - playing with acrylic paint.  Since I don't really know what I am doing, I keep painting as if I were doing a watercolor or a pastel... and I do know that this paint works differently.  I feel like I am in some kind of art warp - remember that weird music from the Twilight Zone? (do-do do-do...)

I emailed this to a friend yesterday and her reply was basically - why not make an acrylic look like a pastel?... as long as it continues to be fun!

So, here is The Ground Ball... my second attempt with this new medium.  Since we can put two paintings in this exhibit coming up in July, I may be done.

The subject of this painting is one of my granddaughters (age 4) on the lacrosse field.  Speaking of fun... this is it!

An Acrylic First

This may be mis-titled - perhaps it's "A First Acrylic."

The St Michaels Art League is sponsoring an exhibit at the St Michaels Library in July.  The exhibit is titled "OAAO" (Oils and acrylics only).  A few years ago I challenged myself to put something in every exhibit that SMAL sponsored - and I thought "Aha, I am off the hook for this one since I have NEVER done oils or acrylics."

Well, this morning I talked to my co-chair (we register the artists and hang the exhibits) and she told me that registrations were coming in very slowly for the July event - actually, she hasn't received any as yet! So, I figured I would give it a try.  Some years ago we had a representative from a paint company speak at a SMAL meeting and he handed out samples (starter kits) of acrylic paints.  I rummaged around and came up with small tubes of red, green, yellow, blue and white... and I was ready to go.

I love the look of the marshes in the fall... full of color!

As with any painting, I never know when it's done...  any suggestions?  I may need to do a few more before I enter anything, but it was a fun afternoon.