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My first acrylic painting. Cool! Technically my second. I did an awesome Flash painting when I was 14 or 15. So awesome that this is the first time I've touched acrylics since.I dont really know why I've always been afraid of paint, but I have. The recent work I've been doing with watercolor has shaken some of that fear and made me curious. Plus, these days my biggest inspirations havent come from comics like they always have before but from painters like Frazetta and Jeff Jones, so this was something I really felt like doing finally.
This was just an exercise just to see what it was like to really paint and I have to say I enjoyed it. I didnt make any effort to plan it out or concern myself with details and it was fun. I didnt draw anything first, (mainly because I dont know how to do that yet) so the image here was just worked in as I went. In a way, it's liberating to not know what the hell youre doing. This was done with two paints. Burnt Umber and white. It's essentially a greyscale piece that I used brown on instead of black.
Liquitex acrylic on canvas.
image ยฉ Chris Stevens
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I'm probably not the first person to say this BUT...for some reason...this picture is pretty damn cool.
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Thank you very much
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no problem MANNNNNNNNN, i think I just figured it out too I like it because the lighting is very well done and I needs some studying on that heh heh. An no prob again just keep creatin that fantabulous art
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This fills my need for robots today. Thanks!
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you rule, dude... love that horizontal brown you dropped in the back!
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If the world gets taken over by robots, I want this one to be my land lord.
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Love that robot. The rubble is really nicely done too
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acrylic is pretty easy if u just practice yur ass off with it. i keep my paints wet at all times, while its pretty flexible, it can really fuck you if it dries too quickly while yur on another section. i bust all over the canvas, working with base colors on the key areas first then building up all the biggest tones then working down from there.
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I dont think I would describe any medium as easy. It certainly is flexible though.
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i agree that most mediums are never easy. but once u get the hang of acrylic then trust me its easy. like riding a bike every time u come back to painting
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Amazing! I really like it. Nice colors and paint brush
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Nice job man! Reminds me a lot of Ashley Wood's stuff, I like it
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GOOD DEAL! Looks good, acrylic is more forgiving than watercolors as you can cover so much up with them. I still can't get that "painterly" feel to things with any type of paint so I am impressed with anyone who can.
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Yeah, acrylic is much more flexible and versatile than watercolor. Opacity is pretty nice to have sometimes. It takes a different approach than what I'm use to with transparent mediums though.
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This is awesome Chris. You just keep expanding your horizons...
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paint is were the money is. keep at it.
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a true artist, be move between mediums so easily. Awesome
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I haven't used acrylics in forever, but they are a good time. Looking forward to seeing you use them more, and hope you have some fun with color!
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Thanks. Yeah, the next one will have a bit more color in it and I'll hopefully figure out where I'm going with paint as I go.
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You have such excellent control of your marker work it's going to be interesting to see how loose you can get with the paints. You may find a whole new side you never knew you had!
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Thanks. That's what I'm hoping for. I don't want to just recreate what I do in markers.
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Badass! 
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uuuuf men , i hate you , u really rules ยกยก
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Just keep in mind that acrylic paint dries annoyingly fast on the palette, so a good trick to do (if you don't have a stay-wet palette) is get a tupperware container and put damp paper towels in it and on top of that you put parchment paper. Then your paints go on the parchment paper and they stay wet for a long time!
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Yeah, good advice. I learned that pretty fast. It dries REALLY fast hehe. I don't think it's a problem for me and my approach to painting, but as you say..on the palette you have to be vigilant. I'll probably get a "stay-wet". For this one, I kept sprinkling water on my styrofoam plate LOL.
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Haha I can picture you with your paint on the plate.
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Great work! Fantastic first forray into acrylics!
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Thanks, bro.
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This is really cool, man. I'm finding myself in the same position w/ my watercolors, and for the same reasons as you, I'm looking to dive back into more opaque painting after many years.
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Thanks. You should definitely go for it. You can't know for sure until you try it.
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For your first acrylic painting (in a while) it certainly is a wonderful piece of work!!
You've got a lot of talent!
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This is really nice. I've also been afraid of painting. Although I have some experience with oils. I've never felt as comfortable as I do just drawing. I always get confused on color theory. I hear the better you draw though the better it helps you paint...because of understanding the values, which I also hear is far more important than what color you put down. I hope you keep experimenting. This is pretty good for your second acrylic painting since you were a 14 or 15.
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Thanks! It definitely helps. All experience with any medium seems to help with other mediums.
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Amazing work for a second acrylic painting! Wish I could do something like this!
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Thank you!
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this is really amazing!! you shouldn't be afraid to try! (says the one who doesn't try what she doesn't know XD) no seriously, this is very beautiful! and maybe a bit tragic :/ I don't know, I feel sorry for the robot-hellboy 
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Thank you very much
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you're very welcome my dear
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