Why?
For one reason alone ... painting success! I can do with them what I was not able to do as easily with any other medium. What artist wouldn't want that with their painting endeavors!?! :-)
What's so special about these paints?
- they offer you full quality colour, blendability and the archival factor of traditional oils BUT you get the control of acrylics through its heat-set factor.
- they are non-toxic!
- the paint doesn't dry -- not on your palette, not on your brush, not on your surface -- until YOU heat set it! This means you can dust cover the canvas, the palette and the brushes and walk away to lead your busy life. Come back for a few minutes at a time, or months, yes even years!! ... later, undust-cover it all, stir up those paints on their palette and continue! My medical concerns makes this a very important issue for me as there are times, I'm down for the count for weeks at a time or longer.
- economical - because of their very rich pigments, a very little goes a LONG way and since they don't dry out, you never toss out a jar until the very last dibble-dabble is gone.
- just five basic colours gets you a mix of over 30 colours! Click to get these charts - Colour 5-30 Mixes and Mixes Sizing Chart - feel free to laminate these back to back or put them in a sheet protector. :-)
- clean up is so easy -- just mix 50% DecoArt's Decomagic Brush Cleaner with 50% Polmolive OxyPower Dish Soap
Take a look at the following of my quick progression from acrylics to Genesis and see for yourself the reason I got so excited with these paints!
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| My acrylic version of a Donna Dewberry pattern. |
I struggled for years with acrylics and had some success, but could not achieve the fine art skill level I desired. I especially wanted to paint roses as I SO adore them for their beauty, fragrance and feminine foofyness. ;-)
Traditional Oil paints were tricky with having no control over wet on wet painting unless/until it dried which took days, weeks, months or longer.
It was all so frustrating and unrewarding too.
:-(
Enter the Pansy test, stage left.
Seriously?!?
My first Genesis painting was a complete dustbin item! LOL
Oils are just a wee bit different, I quickly learned. :-)
BUT there was something about those paints that intrigued me and I ventured on!
Second item --
OH MY GOSH !!
I did that !!
ME !!!
I was hooked. ;-)
It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever painted ... EVER!
The front rose there, by the way, was where I started playing ... and when I got it done, I just had to finish the rest of that painting! lol Try building a painting backwards and you'll understand my folly there! O.o
I immediately set off to paint some more and those following paintings were such lovely successes too!
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| My version of a Bev Hink Birdwell pattern. |
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| My version of a Dorothy Dent pattern |
... and I never looked back ...
If you are an acrylic painter and want something more, I hope you'll
give yourself a chance to see why these paints may be a solution for
your painting endeavours too.
Visit my my Picture Trail (linked on the right) and browse my blog to see more of my Genesis paintings :-)
I seldom paint from patterns now, preferring instead to paint from resource photos. Being mobility impaired, it is difficult for me to get out and about so I rely on the generosity of others when it comes to photographic resources. Paint My Photo (linked at the right) is one of the most marvelous places for my painting inspirations!
