Gary Chapple Acrylics 1

G a r y C h a p p l e
A c r y l i c s 1 , J u l y 2 0 0 5

	Some of you may known that i just took a couple of classes in acrylic painting. I did a lot of playing around and experimenting, so there's a wide variety if styles here. I'm gonna break them up into a couple of pages, so loading images won't kill anyone too much.
	The first real thing i did in my evening class, although i finished it in my day class, which had a better selection of colours, although looking at it now, it's still not the colours i want. My original colour scheme fell apart. Anyway, i still think it worked out alright. On canvas, 10" x 8".
	The first real thing i did in the day class, of part of the classroom. It's got a ultramarine underpainting - ultramarine is much cooler wet than dry, although it's actually loooking good here. Dar wants to buy this piece. Not my baby! On pressboard, 11" x 14".
	An exercise on paper, which is why it's warped looking - i tried taping it down, but it didn't work out. The main image is fine. I was annoyed by the process, because the teacher didn't explain what we were doing to start (she'd covered the fish first, as a lesson in blocking). Anyway, unlike the other students, i achieved some three-dimensionality. On cardboard, 16.5" x 12.5".
	This started out as a still life, with the main focus being this fuzzy neon coloured plush bunny. But i totally lost the plot, and felt i was wasting paint. I used up my paints to darken everything except the rabbit. The teacher later coloured the background darker, and was going to use it as an example of a way out, but she never got around to it. One day, it will be covered over with another painting. On gessoed masonite board, 24" x 24".
	I attacked the still life from another angle, and did a much better job of it, although it's still not something i really like. Obviously i'm attracted to bright colours, and angles. The perspective in this is wacky - for one thing, i was looking down on it. I was starting to get some sense of folds in cloth going on. On gessoed masonite board, 24" x 24".