Traditional meets Street
My aim with this small portrait was to paint in a traditional style on my found cardboard mixing in some pop art qualities such as broad blocks of colour. I did aim to complete this entirely in acrylics for speed of use however the acrylics were drying on the cardboard lightning fast. I will continue to use the acrylics as an undercoat and for the broad areas but for the more detailed elements I will revert to my preferred medium of oil. Already I am interested in the areas I could leave unpainted. Parts of the composition I feel the viewer can fill in for themselves. This one I feel already will be successful, the face is interesting and the look is good.
