My Mandolin is the second of a series of three string instruments I am painting. (See the previous post about the Viola) All three will be painted with fine acrylics on 24 x 12 inch gallery wrap canvas with edges painted.
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The little mandolin turned out to be an interesting challenge as it has many components to deal with each having unique surfaces or shapes. I hung a blue snuggy for the background material during the still life setting which added some nice folds and wrinkles and make the painting more interesting. The palette requirements were a tidbit of this and that, but the mainly was : white, black, raw umber, raw sienna, burnt sienna, burnt umber, red, cerulean blue, phthalo blue, naples yellow, and acro gold. To get the light amber for body I used washes several times using more or less glaze for the lighter and darker areas.
Today, I did the still setting of my grandson's guitar and will start painting it tomorrow. I like to paint things that are meaningful to me. This painting reminds me of my younger days when I played the guitar and mandolin.
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Let us pray before we paint,
jimmie@jimmiesart.com
Matagorda Boats is painted in acrylics on a 24 x 36 inch canvas. This was one of my early works in acrylics and is one of the pieces I am very pleased with. I know it would look better on your wall than mine. Email me if you are interested in the original. Prints are available on Fine Art America in various sizes, and also some directly from me. The asking price on the original is $1500.
