Although this pepper from my garden went awry culinarily, aesthetically it brought a lot to the table…

I finally took some paints outside and did this landscape study on a beautiful Thursday morning last week.  The painting is an acrylic on canvas, approximately 9″x12″, and was painted in Mercer County Park (in a location that’s rather a pain to get to on foot).  This is my third painting using Golden Open Acrylics, the new acrylic product from Golden that stays open much longer than traditional acrylics.  For plein air painting they’re quite handy, as you can use a paper palette and the paints will still stay juicy (as opposed to traditional acrylics, where they’ll skin over unless you mist them frequently or use a stay-wet palette).  This time, I remembered the OFF! spray

I’ve just finished a new painting.  This is a portrait of my father.  It’s 20″x16″, acrylic on panel, painted with the new Golden OPEN Acrylics (these are a new formulation of acrylic paint that stays open and workable much longer than traditional acrylics, facilitating paintings like this one where smooth blending is required).