[Aquanet] Golden Open Acrylics

[Patrick J. H. Davis]

Hi again, Pat et al.

This message has been sitiing in my Ubuntu OS and I forgot about it.

Pat is totally right in that first sentence. I figured a bit different 
medium would allow me to overcome some of the perceived problems with 
watercolour, but of course, every medium has its advantages and its 
problems. It's just that from the outside, we see only the advantages. 
Then when we dive in, not only do the disadvantages manifest themselves, 
but we discover there's a whole new learning curve to attempt to clamber up.

Regarding Yupo, I have used it a couple of times and as long as I tried 
it on paintings where I wanted a feel of flow and texture, it was a 
hoot. I'd hate to have to try to do a portrait of an infant with it 
however, or anything else where I wanted a smooth transition of colour 
or value.

In the meantime as is said, watercolour sits there griining (smirking?) 
at me

cheers
pat

patchapin at mindspring.com wrote:
> Perhaps each of us sometimes tries a medium we think is going to be 
> great, and goes spinning off the learning curve into an abyss, so not 
> to worry, Pat!
>
> For me, it was pastel; I adored coloured pencils, and thought pastel 
> work would give me a whole new medium that would be similar but with 
> more effect. Alas, I found it totally different than pencil work, 
> realized too late I sneeze without warning around pastel dust, and 
> probably the most lasting thing I took away was that once you put your 
> sleeve in the stuff, lotsa luck.  I still admire good pastel work, but 
> I no longer itch to try and emulate.
>
> Acrylics that do not dry quickly put me in mind of things like 
> quick-dry oils, or Yupo paper for watercolour; they seem to fly in the 
> face of what the stuff is all about, which goes on to challenge, 
> hopefully, the artistic part of one.  But no matter if they were not 
> for you, when you come back to watercolour, it sits there with a 
> wicked grin on its face, knowing all along you couldn't stay gone for 
> long, right?
>
> pat chapin