Plein Air in Mercer County Park
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

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August 12th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Hey Andrew - I like how you’re working with those acrylics and I’m going to give that a shot - I liked when you described the acrylics not drying so quick and thought it would be great for plein air - then I saw your post!