I’m doing some paintings for the Master Gardners show. This is acrylic on gessoed paper.
Acrylic washes
I am impressed with the color subtlety from these washes. Some of the paints are murky and don’t make good washes, but this red did.
paper
This is one of the photos from the Master Gardners. HCAC is hosting a show of artworks based on various gardens. I started this on gessoed paper as a sketch. The washes are interesting. I’m using acrylics, which I still contend with.
color fields
I’m still struggling w/ acrylics. This is an effort to loosen up.
not a giraffe
If someone did this to a giraffe, it would be BAAAD!
Grids
The QR codes are grid, as are the crossword puzzles I do every day. A grid is a human imposition on nature. The white squares are mat board, one inch squares, glued to the painting. We will see where we go from here!
Acrylics, still
I’m starting to handle acrylics like I do oils. At first I tried to use a wet brush, and all I got were thin washes. I bought these canvases at Big Lots, thinking they were cheap, but one is a parallelagram, so no value.
acrylics
I’m practicing w/ acrylics. 
Blue
This was a black & white painting. I can’t stand no color. So I added blue. Maybe tomorrow it will need some yellow.
Back to work
The 14th Annual Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam is over. Friday was disappointing, but Sat. was good. Revenues and attendance down from last year, but that was expected. Unemployment is HIGH in our community, starting with yours truly. I didn’t sell a single thing. I was sooo disappointed to not get any support. But I mentioned it, and FCCA has given me a grant to cover my rent thru the end of the year. So that was something.
This series deals with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). When people monkey with nature, especially for profit, things don’t look, smell or taste the same.