Old Redding Barn ACEO acrylic original mini painting - John Deecken

orionsbeltbuckle (58)in #landscape • 6 years ago

I just found an old photo that I took years ago of a much older barn in Redding, CT

So I painted it on a 3.5" x 2.5" (trading card size) piece of velvet-smooth photo paper and wanted to share it..

I did the best that I could without any special tools, just one brush and I managed ok.

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If you would like to bid on the painting, it’s available this week on eBay HERE under my deecken seller name.

Painting on ultra-smooth ink-jet photo grade paper, it’s amazing how fast the acrylic paint dries!

Almost instantly as hardly any moisture absorbs into the paper. The paint adheres very well, don’t get me wrong.. but it was definitely a different feeling than painting on any other surface. Staining, for example, or applying a wash over an area just won’t work.. the water molecules are too large compared to the paper molecules.. so they stay on the surface, it’s kinda weird. And the speed on each brushstroke has to be a little quicker than if I were painting on watercolor paper or linen canvas. If the stoke is too slow, NO paint comes off! LoL... so it’s challenging!

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