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So, I think my skills with acrylic are definitely improving! I’ve come a great long way since I did that Dana portrait. I’ve found that I don’t much care for canvas texture with acrylic, so smooth panels and paper are the way to go. This was done on Clairefontaine PaintON paper, which is so far my favourite paper for acrylic. I’m getting the hang of what it means to glaze paint in transparent layers, and I’m enjoying the look of my art much more when it looks like it’s art rather than when it’s smooth and overly realistic.

Here’s the video of me painting this piece, and some shots of the details: