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11 x 14 inches .. acrylic on paper .. Alla Prima .. painted Sept 11.25

You might try a layer of varnish or medium before more paint. It's what I've learned to do over the years.

Sounds like a variation of SID (Support Induced Discoloration) For the first few weeks, until they harden up more, many acrylic polymers...

This sketch is approximately 5″ x 4″. I sketched it with a black ink gel pen about sixteen months ago as part of my sketching therapy...

11 x 14 inches .. acrylic on paper .. alla prima .. painted 11/08/25 ..

Ink and Inktense in XL Mixed Media Sketchbook, about 7"x10" The original reference was of a field of flowers. I chose the three I liked...

I did this 10-minutes 5" x 4" pen and ink sketch using a black ink gel pen about sixteen months ago, and added the watercolour washes in...

Acrylic is so opaque when applied straight that I've never seen anything it couldn't cover successfully. I suspect your paint picked up...

I'm not sure what you're describing. Is the ink clearly showing the inked lines/images through the acrylic or have you somehow...

I wanted to see what I could do with chromatic black, yellow ochre and white so I used an old charcoal sketch for a reference. There's...

This is a very quick 5″ x 4″ pen and ink sketch that I did in May 2024 using a black ink gel pen. The subject is a village built with...

I made this 5″ x 4″ sketch with a black ink gel pen, in about twenty minutes, in May last year, and added the watercolour washes a...

Oil on wood board, 25x35 cm. This summer I participated the Art in the Open pleinair festival in Ireland 🇮🇪. It was pretty nice day to...

I made this 5" x 4" quick sketch with a black ink gel pen in May 2024, and added the watercolour washes a few days ago.

These are spectacular and delicate! Sometimes it's difficult what it comes to pleinair but so good you went to paint with the group and...