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Sailing Away Acrylic Paintings

7/16/2015

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Sailing Away - final paintings
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My daughter asked me to paint her an abstract/impressionistic painting of some sailboats for a large wall in her house. I usually paint realistic, but have been wanting to try my hand at some abstract.  I can say that it was a lot of fun! I think it's more fun to paint out of your head and make it up than to strictly follow a picture.  I put on some smooth jazz music for inspiration and began to organize my table with all the colors she wanted in the painting.  This was my work table when I started.

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The canvas size for each was 30" x 40". The first thing I did was use the acrylic gel medium and struck on some texture here and there on the canvas and let that dry.  Then, I painted a base coat, using dark blue with some red and yellow mixed in to tone it down.  I sprayed some water to let it drip and left it to dry.

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Using yellows and browns I put in the hints of rocks and started to lighten up the sky with light blue.

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Put in the clouds with white and each time also put the same colors into the water.

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Started in with the pinks, peaches, purples and coral colors. Whatever I put into the sky, I also put into the water. After each step, I let the canvas dry, sometimes using a hair dryer to speed up the process. I later redid the clouds as we didn't want them so puffy, so I smoothed them out.


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My work table towards the end of the day.
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The final painting. As I added more colors at the end, I sprayed water on each time to allow the colors to drip down, giving it a more dreamy effect.
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Rose W link
5/22/2022 07:09:21 pm

Very thoughhtful blog

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    Janis Lee Colon

    Artist, mixed media, watercolor, acrylic,oils-
    Illustrator -  Inspirational Children's books. 
    Deerfield Beach, FL

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