Painting with acrylics

I've posted a review of Lemongrass restaurant on blogTO, for those interested.

But on to the main topic of this Blathering...

So I was painting mini-canvases I found in Calgary for a Christmas ornament exchange (smaller canvases than the ones pictured above). I wasn't used to painting with real acrylics and was surprised at how much I enjoyed the experience. So I decided to try with 4"x 4" canvas boards I found in a local art store:




Trying to figure out how to hang them, I came up with the idea of turning them into fridge magnets by sticking a strip of magnetic tape on the back of each:



I figure they can also be displayed on mini-easels:



I only picked up two of these mini-easels when I was in Calgary and wish I had bought more. I'm currently looking for a source online where I can buy them in bulk.




I've also decided that I'm going to start occasionally (very occasionally) selling some of my handmade art in my spankin' new Etsy shop. As most of you know, I usually work in digital format. Every once in a while, though, I find it's fun to play around with real paints.

Painting with genuine acrylics instead of digital is an educational experience. There's no Undo or Delete, and the lack of digital layers means I have to plan things ahead of time much better. Anyway, I figure it's good for me to try this every once in a while.

While I had my acrylics out, I was suddenly overcome by a need to paint vines on part of my office wall:



That blue thing hanging to the left is my craft apron (I did that crazed face in fabric paint). To the right: my magnetic wall, which I created using magnetic paint.

You can see some other pics of my office in Flickr. Every so often, I'll go back and take a look at photos of the room BEFORE we moved in:



The bit of wall you see to the far right of the photo is the one I painted vines on. Wow. The space sure has changed since then.

Looking forward to going to the David Francey concert with Tom, Sue, Walter and Trish tonight. Apparently because we booked so early (thanks, Tom & Sue), we have the best seats in the house, woohoo!



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