
So the motivation today was checking out yesterday’s application of the AK Interactive Atlantic Blue onto a test piece of plastic sheet. The luminosity above is caused by the light falling on the wet acrylic gel medium.
It dried well overnight, however the brown and deep blue colour mix isn’t working well, so satisfied with the first application drying correctly in around 8c ambient temperature, I’ve given the water area a second coating. The technique and day one result is shown above, so if you’ve got seven minutes of your life you don’t want back feel free to watch it!
Watching with interest. I’ve never been happy with my Muskrat River.
BTW, an old scenery book in my collection suggests stippling in short fan-like brush strokes to represent the effect of the wind.
Thanks Rene, I know what you mean about not being happy with a river. Your comment of fan like strokes woke me up, and a thought occurs about getting a fan brush, I have a small one (never used) but not thought about a large one. This blog post indicates they may be worth exploring https://garnerwildlifeart.wordpress.com/2021/03/12/what-is-a-fan-brush-used-for/
Off to the art shop!