Having been painting with oils for over a year now I decided to branch out into acrylics, partly after seeing some impressive acrylic-based work by a friend.
The results of my first evening playing is this Pop Art style picture of a ‘Give Peace a Chance’ era John Lennon:
Now I went for the Pop Art look because I’d only bought two colours, but having found the medium’s ease of application and speed of drying suitable to my style (if I even have such thing, more like a habit of doing things badly in the same way) I’ll no doubt be investing in a broader pallet soon. Next week I start some painting classes at a local studio and I think they work with acrylics too.
But what I really want to know is, is ‘going acrylic’ the artistic equivalent of a folk musician ‘going electric’?
For a Few Dollars Less 