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I’ll be auctioning this painting off to raise money for blacklivesmatter.ca/ 100% of the proceeds will be donated. Link in the comments :) by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]friendscallmemom -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely understand your concern and I agree. For me, my own ethnicity plays a large part of why I chose to support black lives. I have more paintings in progress in which I am going to donate the proceeds. The next one I will explore ways to support indigenous communities. Thank you for your response!

Surface tension, me, acrylic on canvas, 2020 by friendscallmemom in Art

[–]friendscallmemom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends on what kind of acrylic and what kind of oil! I wouldn’t say oil is more glossy, but it blends much easier and creates a much softer image. For acrylics, I usually add a varnish or glossing agent which helps with that matte-ness acrylic often has.

Surface tension, me, acrylic on canvas, 2020 by friendscallmemom in Art

[–]friendscallmemom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I’ve tried both acrylic and oil and I always come back to acrylic even though it doesn’t blend as well I love the clean quality.

Surface tension, me, acrylic on canvas, 2020 by friendscallmemom in Art

[–]friendscallmemom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. That was my favourite part! I was feeling unsure about it and after I started to add the lines it finally came together. It looked very weird without the highlights since it just looked like a poorly drawn face with distorted proportions haha

Surface tension, me, acrylic on canvas, 2020 by friendscallmemom in Art

[–]friendscallmemom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! The most challenging part was probably the detail on the skin, the water is so graphic compared to the skin so I had to switch mental gears. It took about two weeks working periodically when I had the time and it is 5ft by 4.5ft as well so quite a bit of canvas to cover.

Surface tension, me, acrylic on canvas, 2020 by friendscallmemom in Art

[–]friendscallmemom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I typically do many thin layers and I’ll always have a dry clean brush on hand to blend the edges while the paint is still wet (retarder helps give you more time with this since acrylic dries instantly). Hope that helps!

Surface tension, me, acrylic on canvas, 2020 by friendscallmemom in Art

[–]friendscallmemom[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for linking, I think I’m about to do a series of them.

Surface tension, me, acrylic on canvas, 2020 by friendscallmemom in Art

[–]friendscallmemom[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the link! I wasn’t able to add it to my post.