It is so diffult (for me) to keep up with Instagram, Facebook and the blog. Updating my recent Oil over Acrylics works. I had two semifinished acrylic paintings which I have completed with oils.
Category: acrylicpainting
Post : Stint with Acrylics and Back to Oils.
I had switched over to acrylics some 10 months back. The reason was that I had conceived and I didn’t want the toxic fumes of oil paints to effect my baby. The first question I had asked my gynae was about the effect of oil paints. She had laughed off my question and had asked me to use a mask. But I was still not convinced and I immediately bought acrylics. I also converted one of my oils into acrylics, which is not advisable. These 10 months had been a struggle, in both ways , carrying a baby as well as dealing with the unexpected characteristics of acrylic paints.
Somehow I managed to complete my pregnancy along with a couple of paintings.
I finished these white lotuses just a day before my delivery. For some reason I didnt sign it then.
After delivery I got restless and wanted to do oil paintings immediately. But those who are mother of two , specially of a new born, will understand that I was desiring something impossible. But the heart wants what it wants. So I experimented with oils and started painting on my art journal ( pages well primed with white texture) .
If you have followed my blog you will know that I draw my art journal inspiration from the artist Lena Danya https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj2xhnpBJ6r/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=89g03i0oniap
Though my art work is not upto the mark but who cares , after all I made it in two days by managing 5-5 minutes painting time. I atleast got back my oils .
Hope to paint more and more.
Post 28: Textured Painting
I had received acrylic auxiliaries for Valentines Day and had wanted to do something with the textured clay. So I chose to make bright yellow flowers on canvas for my entrance hallway.
I chose to start this painting without any underpainting. Also to be more experimental I painted it front to back i.e flowers first and background later. Now this was a big mistake which costed me lot of time in redoing the background several times.
However I managed to complete the painting and get it on the wall. Hope you guys like it.
Post 26: The Jagannath Triad.
A month back I was searching for beach destinations in India and while reading about Puri in Odisha I came across the Jagannath Triad . All Indian deities are so colourful and these three siblings top them all. I had to get them down on paper with my bright acrylics. So here is The Jagannath Triad on a page of my art journal. Someday I might paint them on a huge canvas for my home. 
Post 25: Acrylics on Oils
Finally this painting got off the easel and went on a wall after 6 months of being pushed here and there.
The reason for the delay was its size , I was overwhelmed with this project and didn’t know how to start and how to go ahead with the layering, when to use the palette knife and how to make the grass etc. I had started this painting with oils and then layered it with acrylics. This is believed to be a wrong approach among artists but still i went ahead. My each step was frustrating and I thought I had made a mistake by choosing a huge canvas but then slowly as the layers kept on adding I started to enjoy it.
Here are few photos of the process.
Post 22: POST MAN
While surfing through pinterest I came across this species of butterfly called “Post Man” . I loved the color combination and though of giving it a try with acrylics.
So here is my next painting . I am still hopeless with the color mixing and coverage. It dries while you take your own time to think of the combinations.
Post 20- Art Journal Entry #1
Posting my first art journal entry. It is white lotuses in Acrylics om white textured paper.
I have promised myself that I will not imitate any painting from this year inwards. I will be making originals either from a photograph or from my imagination. This will help me unlock my style of painting.
Hope to update more entries soon.
Post 19: New Year, New Project
This is the right time to take out your diary and start scribbling the new year resolutions. I would have also been doing the same had I not consulted the family palmist – my mother. Running her fingers on my palm, once again she repeated those words, ‘Pity pity pity…. what lines …. only if you stop thinking much and start working a bit. ‘
So in order to prepare a To-Do list I dug into my bundle of old unused stuff. I found a sealed notebook which I purchased in 2016 in hope to convert it into a journal. I had read somewhere that keeping a journal helps you harness your creativity. Actually you get lot of similar life hacks if you randomly google whenever you get time resulting in the crisscross lines like those are on my palm.
The first thing in my list is to learn acrylic painting. I wanted to pen it down but a different idea struck me. What if I convert this notebook into an art journal and start practicing acrylics on it! If any things goes wrong and I am not satisfied with the painting, I can easily tear off the paper and start a fresh one and keep experimenting till I get my hands on acrylics. It’s better to have a spoilt paper than a spoilt canvas. Also I will end up having an Art Journal by the year end.
Next I bought a “Camlin Texture White” to coat the pages so that they don’t absorb acrylics and provide a good surface for painting. I already have few ideas to paint and along with that I have selected some 15 pictures from the December issue of Outlook Traveller .
So this New Year my New Project will be “Art Journaling” or say Art Diary .
Hope you guys enjoy this new project along with me !!! I will update my Journal entries asap.
Mallomalli 