Winter Cardinal 6"x6" acrylic

Winter Cardinal   6"x6" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

This is the finished painting from the last post.  It is what I wanted to portray- a thicket of snow covered branches with a cardinal perched in it.

I used acrylics becauseI knew the painting was going to have many over lapping layers and seeing how acrylics dry within minutes I could do a few layers a night without worrying about disturbing the previous layer.

I like the gallery wrapped canvas  because you can continue the composition around all four sides of the canvas.  I  installed a metal hanger on the back so no framing is needed.

I'm back from our trip upstate, it was a good trip as always.We had rain every day except Monday and Tuesday but that didn't stop us from fishing and scouting other streams to add to our list.

I got some painting in too, I wanted to try out a light for painting at night. Its called a Mighty Bright and it clamps onto the top of my easel so I can see the canvas panel and my paints in total darkness.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

This is a painting of the logs in the fire ring

Tom and fire

When I turned around the moon was rising and clouds constantly passing by so I decided to capture what I could for the rest of the night.

This is a set of pine trees painted at dusk

The rushing waters of Hyner Run  coming out of the forest.