Monday, July 20, 2009

Frankoma Plate with Plums

8" x 10" Acrylic on canvas panel

I ordered some new paints and they came today. I love them! They are M. Graham Acrylic colors. They are so much more saturated and true than the paint I have been using. I really was not expecting to see such a difference. They also have a longer "open" time and blend so smoothly. Anyway, I am hoping it will improve the look of my paintings. Here is a Frankoma Plate with some plums.

4 comments:

  1. I love the reflection of the plate on the plums.

    What kind of paint were you using before?

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  2. Thank you! It was the very last thing I added.

    I was using probably the most popular acrylic paint, Liquitex heavy body. They are a nice paints, but the M. Graham just have so much more of a pigment load. The difference was actually shocking to me.

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  3. Leslie, this is really beautiful. The color difference between this and the sugar bowl is really noticiable. Is that due to the new paint, or are you steadily improving?

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  4. I think part of it is definately the paint. I was able to get a richness of color I couldn't mix with the other paint.

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