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LiberalLoner

(9,762 posts) Fri Feb 9, 2024, 06:26 PM Feb 9

Finished "The Approaching Horror" acrylic 8x8 on canvas board [View all]

Thank you anyone who looks or comments, I appreciate it very much.

I’m still a newbie at acrylics.

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Photo of the painting in indoor lighting

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Finished "The Approaching Horror" acrylic 8x8 on canvas board [View all] LiberalLoner Feb 9 OP

Damn, that is fantastic. You really captured a moment! MLAA Feb 9 #1

Thank you so so so much! LiberalLoner Feb 9 #3

I started trying to paint about 7 years ago. I thought I'd only do abstracts. MLAA Feb 9 #7

Wow, OMG, this is incredibly good! Oh I wish I could paint this well! Wow wow wow! LiberalLoner Feb 9 #13

You do beautiful work, do not sell yourself short! MLAA Feb 9 #20

Thank you so so much for your kind words and encouragement! I won't give up! Your paintings are so LiberalLoner Feb 10 #36

This is a lovely painting! Ocelot II Feb 9 #16

I believe you are the artist of a wonderful painting of a white cat on a carpet. I saved it for inspiration. Am I MLAA Feb 9 #19

I love these! They're beautiful! Ocelot II Feb 9 #21

Exactly! It motivated me and helped me with and textiles. I really struggled with that carpet the white dog MLAA Feb 9 #24

I struggled with the carpet, too; tried to copy all the details - until Ocelot II Feb 10 #52

So funny, my teacher had to tell me to make the carpet very loose over and over. MLAA Feb 14 #67

Beautiful work! Diamond_Dog Feb 9 #28

Thank you! MLAA Feb 9 #30

Wow!!!! Is that oils? So gorgeous! LiberalLoner Feb 10 #38

Thank you! This one is oils on gesso board. 🙂 MLAA Feb 10 #43

These are absolutely stunning. You are so talented! Diamond_Dog Feb 9 #29

You are too kind, Diamond_Dog! MLAA Feb 9 #31

It's the truth! Diamond_Dog Feb 9 #32

Oh these are so amazing!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Feb 10 #39

Thank you. I get so attached that sometimes after finishing I keep them around a few weeks before giving them to their MLAA Feb 10 #44

I LOVE... GiqueCee Feb 10 #42

My teacher says that one and the two cats on a soft background are his favorites. MLAA Feb 10 #45

❤️ LiberalLoner Feb 10 #37

The kitty on the right is especially good! n/t Ms. Toad Feb 9 #23

Thank you! For that one I had an excellent photo to go on. My photo for the one on the left was fuzzier 😉 MLAA Feb 9 #25

Wow! That is simply gorgeous work! Diamond_Dog Feb 9 #27

This is excellent! Goddessartist Feb 14 #65

Aww, he has a cute nose! Ocelot II Feb 9 #17

That is fantastic! LoisB Feb 9 #2

Thank you so so much for the encouragement! I am thinking I might try to LiberalLoner Feb 9 #4

I love oil so much more than acrylic. Native Feb 9 #10

Me too, it looks so nice, but am struggling to get detail in oils and to control them. When LiberalLoner Feb 9 #14

On trick I do is once I get part the way done and I like where it's headed I spray it with retouch varnish. MLAA Feb 10 #46

I usually do a monochrome underpainting first - that way Ocelot II Feb 10 #54

I had forgotten that approach. When I first started a very accomplished artist and university art professor MLAA Feb 10 #57

That olive green underpainting is verdaccio - the technique of the old masters. Ocelot II Feb 10 #58

So good to know that, he was doing a portrait when he told me that! MLAA Feb 10 #59

Not at all! The guy I've been taking a painting class is, though. Ocelot II Feb 10 #60

Just lovely! AbnerBunny Feb 9 #5

Thank you so so much ❤️ now I feel this is good enough to give to my husband, he wanted a painting of LiberalLoner Feb 9 #6

I really like the cat's expression. sinkingfeeling Feb 9 #8

Thank you so much! I thought it would make a unique kind of portrait...thank you for looking and commenting! ❤️ LiberalLoner Feb 9 #11

A mouse's-eye view! Nice! Ocelot II Feb 9 #9

Thank you so so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Feb 9 #12

I have also discovered that preparing the canvas makes a huge difference. Ocelot II Feb 9 #15

Nice piece! GiqueCee Feb 9 #18

Wow, thank you so so much! 😍❤️ I really appreciate the kind words and advice, LiberalLoner Feb 10 #35

The first... GiqueCee Feb 10 #41

Excellent advice! MLAA Feb 10 #47

I like doing still lifes, too... GiqueCee Feb 10 #49

I'm terrified of water color, it seems so unforgiving. I don't draw well, so I do a lot of hit and miss and adjust MLAA Feb 10 #50

Well, I can draw... GiqueCee Feb 10 #56

Thank you I will try to be more patient with myself ❤️ LiberalLoner Feb 11 #61

Here's something my teacher, a professional artist, does. Every so often he digs out an old painting he MLAA Feb 10 #48

Some advice along those lines that I got from my teacher: Ocelot II Feb 10 #53

Please share what you are working on 🙂 MLAA Feb 14 #68

I just finished a puffin in my bird series. Ocelot II Feb 14 #70

This is wonderful. The early, hazy sun shimmering on the water is masterful! MLAA Feb 14 #71

I'll post in a separate thread - there are too many for this one. Ocelot II Feb 14 #72

Great! MLAA Feb 14 #73

We must have the same teacher haha. MLAA Feb 14 #69

Very nice! n/t Ms. Toad Feb 9 #22

Thank you so much! I have so much to learn in acrylics and oils and I'm struggling at the moment. LiberalLoner Feb 10 #33

Awesome 3auld6phart Feb 9 #26

Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Feb 10 #34

You look like an acrylic master! bif Feb 10 #40

Thank you so much for always being kind to me! ❤️ LiberalLoner Feb 11 #62

You certainly caught the feeling!!! Think. Again. Feb 10 #51

Thank you so so much! 😍 and Bobo also says thank you! 😻 LiberalLoner Feb 11 #63

Beautiful! people Feb 10 #55

Thank you so much for your kind words! ❤️ LiberalLoner Feb 11 #64

This is fabulous and hilarious! Brava! Goddessartist Feb 14 #66