Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Chocolate Cookies Acrylic Painting Commission

I just thought I'd share a recent commission, "Chocolate Cookies," acrylic on aquabord, 12" x 16". I used a watercolor-acrylic style method for this one, so although I still used lots of thin layers as I normally would, the watercolor style helped me keep those blurry areas of the painting soft. That blurriness in this piece was a real challenge in itself because it's tough to get it to look convincing in a painting, even if the reference photo looks fine. Thanks for looking!

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