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My first acrylic painting. Cool! Technically my second. I did an awesome Flash painting when I was 14 or 15. So awesome that this is the first time I've touched acrylics since.

I dont really know why I've always been afraid of paint, but I have. The recent work I've been doing with watercolor has shaken some of that fear and made me curious. Plus, these days my biggest inspirations havent come from comics like they always have before but from painters like Frazetta and Jeff Jones, so this was something I really felt like doing finally.

This was just an exercise just to see what it was like to really paint and I have to say I enjoyed it. I didnt make any effort to plan it out or concern myself with details and it was fun. I didnt draw anything first, (mainly because I dont know how to do that yet) so the image here was just worked in as I went. In a way, it's liberating to not know what the hell youre doing. This was done with two paints. Burnt Umber and white. It's essentially a greyscale piece that I used brown on instead of black.

Liquitex acrylic on canvas.

image ฉ Chris Stevens
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~I-am-Samurai-Jack Jun 20, 2012
a true artist, be move between mediums so easily. Awesome :)
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*SeanMcFarland Jun 20, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I haven't used acrylics in forever, but they are a good time. Looking forward to seeing you use them more, and hope you have some fun with color!
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~ChristopherStevens Jun 20, 2012
Thanks. Yeah, the next one will have a bit more color in it and I'll hopefully figure out where I'm going with paint as I go.
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*SeanMcFarland Jun 20, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
You have such excellent control of your marker work it's going to be interesting to see how loose you can get with the paints. You may find a whole new side you never knew you had!
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~ChristopherStevens Jun 20, 2012
Thanks. That's what I'm hoping for. I don't want to just recreate what I do in markers.
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~Lambtroncorp Jun 20, 2012
I love a good robot :D
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=Jeeshwa123 Jun 20, 2012  Student General Artist
Badass! :D It reminds me of Ashley Wood's work.
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~renecordova Jun 20, 2012  Professional Filmographer
uuuuf men , i hate you , u really rules กก
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~ChristopherStevens Jun 20, 2012
Thanks!
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Mood: Joy ~jbyrd117 Jun 20, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Just keep in mind that acrylic paint dries annoyingly fast on the palette, so a good trick to do (if you don't have a stay-wet palette) is get a tupperware container and put damp paper towels in it and on top of that you put parchment paper. Then your paints go on the parchment paper and they stay wet for a long time!
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