Golden's Open Acrylics Workshop by Sandra Bacon at Artist n Display on 9/21/08

I attended this workshop on open acrylics and it was a lot of fun. Learned a lot too. Got a lot of information and Golden has more on their website. http://www.goldenpaints.com/ . I signed up for their Just Paints newsletter. Their artist, Sandie Bacon, who led their workshop was very nice and knowledgeable. http://www.goldenpaints.com/artist/wap/artist.php?uid=47

Here's a picture of an apple that I did. Had fun working the paint. Met some great people. Did you know that stampers like to use acrylics? http://www.ssreflections.com/suzanne_jun05.html Signed up for this newsletter.

I have a shopping list of things I want to buy. I figure I will use molding paste on either paper or museum board to make a bunch of 9x12 (or smaller) studies. (Ordered a matt cutter that is on sale to make it easier to cut things at home. I have a regular paper cutter but it's not big enough for artwork so I've been using a stanley drywall knife.) So far my list: Golden modern open acrylic set, molding paste, open thinner, paint brush, palette knife, color shaper. It's really fun how you can push the paint around on the substrate with tools, paper towel, paper, plastic. Plus I really like the molding paste how you can make texture. Open acrylics are more transparent than regular acrylic. Got 3 paint samples, blue, red & white, that we worked with in the workship along with Open Acrylic Medium (Gloss).

Got to go. Nice out today. Got the window open & can look across the street at the neighbors tall orange flowers. Did hard physical labor this weekend so am a bit sore.