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chanticoLook, art! Like I promised. This is going back to last spring, I think? Maybe early summer. Changeling people should recognize Ree, as swantower commissioned a painting of her. A *real* painting of her. My first ever acrylic painting.
First and foremost, I know nothing about acrylics, not really. I have more experience with oils than I do with acrylics. Turns out that the ones I have are not nearly as opaque as I thought they would be, so there was a lot of fussing and trying to get the paint where I needed it to be. Also, like oils, the more expensive your materials, the better. I had a beginner's kit-- student quality, perfectly fine for a commissioned piece, but not the sort of thing I was expecting. They *did* blend nicely, and avoided muddying up, which was nice. It helped that I remembered a little bit about glazing and used that to build up some of the complex colors of the skin and the like.
The biggest problem was the canvas. Protip: buy good canvases. *Smooth* canvases. Especially in smaller sizes. This painting is bitty, probably 9x6? I can't remember the exact specs, but in that range, and the rough canvas mad it *very* hard to get the details right.
Also, the first time I have ever drawn or painted big cats. Pair this with the horse from my valkyrie piece, and these are the only animals I had *ever* attempted. Then, of course, I get this job, and now I'm drawing cute n' fuzzy all the time.
swantower commissioned a painting of her. A *real* painting of her. My first ever acrylic painting. First and foremost, I know nothing about acrylics, not really. I have more experience with oils than I do with acrylics. Turns out that the ones I have are not nearly as opaque as I thought they would be, so there was a lot of fussing and trying to get the paint where I needed it to be. Also, like oils, the more expensive your materials, the better. I had a beginner's kit-- student quality, perfectly fine for a commissioned piece, but not the sort of thing I was expecting. They *did* blend nicely, and avoided muddying up, which was nice. It helped that I remembered a little bit about glazing and used that to build up some of the complex colors of the skin and the like.
The biggest problem was the canvas. Protip: buy good canvases. *Smooth* canvases. Especially in smaller sizes. This painting is bitty, probably 9x6? I can't remember the exact specs, but in that range, and the rough canvas mad it *very* hard to get the details right.
Also, the first time I have ever drawn or painted big cats. Pair this with the horse from my valkyrie piece, and these are the only animals I had *ever* attempted. Then, of course, I get this job, and now I'm drawing cute n' fuzzy all the time.
