Final Reflections

This is the second painting my boyfriend and me have done so far with Bob. Whilst we accidentally mixed oil and acrylic paints for the first one (which ended up in a little bit of a mess), we deliberately chose to just work with acrylics on this one to see how different the experience and final look would be. I must say: I am quite pleased with the way it turned out. What really helped was using a screen print medium as the foundation layer instead of magic white as it helped keeping the background wet, which really helped when it came to the reflections in the water as well as the creation of the sky (however, it also caused some of the paint to lift off from the canvas and move around, which meant adding more colourful shrubbery to conceal (I really like them though and I think they added to the composition - happy little accidents). The other thing that really made a difference was using thicker acrylic paints to mimic the characteristics of the oil paints (especially for the mountains, the lake shore/bank and putting texture into the clouds). I think I am struggling a little with building fluffy, layered trees and bushes and making the clouds look more organic and flowing. I would love to hear your thoughts.