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Acrylic paint on blue canvas textured cardstock.

These are my third and fourth attempts to paint the moon, using acrylic paints. I like the moon's glow on the left side of the right moon.

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I'm a beginner and this is my serious first attempt at painting the moon. Since I am trying out a technique for painting stars, I threw a few of those in as well. Constructive criticism is welcome.

Materials:

Ceramcoat acrylic craft paint
SoHo student quality acrylic paint
Acid free canvas textured cardstock in a dark blue
Stippling brushes, filbert and round brushes
An old toothbrush for splattering
My fingers ;)

Blogged here.

I tried lines/crosshatching and then blending with a soft synthetic brush. Plus a teeny tiny amount of Cretacolor Sanguine Powder.

Using a brush like this is totally new to me. I like it. I live it very much!

I look forward to learning more!

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I didn't know what to draw, so I picked up a poplar twig, I think it was, and drew it.

This study used only lines -- no blending, smudging.

I only drew to complete assignments, got talked out of going into an art major by my mother, didn't finish college, got married, had five kids, and am only now, at 50, starting to get back into drawing.

I'll be mostly self-taught, most likely?

Note: These are tests only and do no represent attempts at final works.

Sadly, most of my time as an adult was devoid of any drawing whatsoever (except I took a drawing class for a couple of weeks back in 2005), I'm just getting to know my materials and favorites because...

"Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains." -- Thomas Carlyle, writer

Top Row:

Left, Prismacolor Sketch Pencil tested on light gray cardstock. Prismacolor sketch pencil was blended with a "berry maker" sponge tipped tool craft painters sometimes use.

Right, Unison Pastel Red Earth 10 (tested on natural white coldpress watercolor paper). The Unison Pastel was blended with a Sofft Tool (not a typo), something that some pastel artists use. The Sofft Tool was not standing up to the task, even in a few short tests (not on rougher paper anyway).

Second Row:

Left, Conte Sketch Pencil on light gray cardstock. The Conte sketch pencil was blended on its left with a soft brush and its the right with the tip of one of those spongy berrymakers craft painters often use (to paint with).

Right, Cretacolor's Sanguine Powder (sold online at Jerry's Artarama) on natural white coldpressed watercolor paper. The Cretacolor sanguine powder was applied with a Sofft Tool (not a typo). Look at that coverage!

Bottom Row:

Left, Cretacolor Lead in Sanguine Dry (As Opposed to Sanguine Oil) on light gray cardstock. Blends very well with a soft brush, "berry maker," or blending stump. Erases very nicely with a kneadable eraser.

Right, Cretacolor Lead in Sanguine Dry Blended with Unison Red Earth 10 on light gray cardstock. Unison Red Earth Pastel blended in definitely ups the glow factor. It's easier to control these 5.6 mm cretacolor leads if they're sharp and if you use the tip. Using the sides of the tip and length of lead can also be done for shading large areas.