Well, it’s official. I hate acrylics.
OK, I should qualify that. I don’t hate acrylics. I hate painting with acrylics. Other people can paint with them ’til they’re blue in the face, and more power to them. My friend Renee Vevea does stunning work with acrylics. (You should all buy her work, by the way.)
Well, I’m happy for all of you who can somehow make this ridiculous, hateful, fast-drying medium work for you. I am not among you.
Nonetheless, in the spirit of “diving in” and living while I’m alive–and simply finishing something–I completed a painting last weekend, with acrylics.
This weekend, I plan to paint the same image again, but properly.
Properly = with oils. :P