Great Ocean Walk

6" x 6", acrylic on 3/4" MDF

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This month's Virtual Paintout - New South Wales, Australia.

This is my first foray into an all-acrylic painting. I frequently do the underpainting in acrylic, mostly because I'm too impatient to wait for it to dry.

I'm really happy with the colors—there's a brightness and freshness I haven't been able to get with oils. Operator error, nothing wrong with the paint! :-D

Will definitely be trying acrylics again.

I only have five acrylic paints: titanium white, yellow, a red that's close to alizarin crimson, phthalo blue, and ultramarine blue.

The original sketch.

Establishing the shadows.

All the colors blocked in.

Detail in the shadows

Detail in the sunlight

More detail, especially in the water

The finished piece