Painting Acrylics on Wood
I was at an art show recently at a beautiful religious retreat in the desert. I decided to paint the mountain of rocks displaying the Madonna and Child that I could see from where I was set up.
I chose to do a 6-by-8 inch painting on a wooden artist panel that was 1-inch thick. I also decided to be brave and be creative with the colors.
I first applied a clear acrylic to the wood to seal it and help the acrylic paint adhere. I started with the colors of the sky at sunset and then carried the golden glow that usually accompanies the sunset throughout the rest of the painting.
Painting the face and child in the mother's arms was challenging because the image is only 1/2 inch high and about 1/4 inch wide.
To help paint it, I copied the painting into my Corel Painter 11 program, magnified that section of the painting and put in the details. From there I was able to go to the actual painting and duplicate it.
To finish it, I painted the sides black to give the painting the feel of a canvas wrap.
Posted by Judy Filarecki at 1/12/2011 11:12 PM 
Categories: painting, acrylic, desert landscape, desert sunset
Tags: desert sunset desert landscape acrylic on wood our lady of the desert
Categories: painting, acrylic, desert landscape, desert sunset
Tags: desert sunset desert landscape acrylic on wood our lady of the desert
Beautifully done, as always, Judy!!
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Thanks Donna. Someday I might do a bigger version.
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