Paint & Pour Swamp Scene

Swamp Scene I did at Joy Petty's shop, Nov 16, 2013 (acrylic on canvas)

This is an acrylic painting I did at a paint and pour party last weekend. We gathered here in town for a birthday celebration and had a blast. I enjoyed doing this, though it isn't gonna make the cut - I mean, it isn't exactly wall-worthy.

We used five colors and three cheap brushes... it was a challenge to make it look decent - though I thought the sample that included a blue tree instead of brown one was slightly nicer... that and my horizon line of trees look very different than everyone else's trees because I made them look super close to the viewer. AND the pelican doesn't look like a pelican. Anyway, this is about as good as it gets for something that was done in less than two hours under those circumstances. And I'm sure you can tell that I'm not the best photographer - ha.

I'd definitely do this again. I had forgotten how much fun doing art in a group setting is. It's lit a fire under me. I'm going to start working on figuring out what it would take to get a oil painting group together. Maybe we could paint something once a quarter, but I'm going to have to do some planning - that and I don't want Joy to feel like I'm stepping on her toes - she's great at what she does, no doubt about that.