Fearless Friday, Lobster Buoy Love

the Painted Apron

8 years ago

I haven’t had any time to paint these past few weeks, with house guests and traveling, so today’s painting is one I did a month or so ago, to finish the guest room redo

I did a watercolor of buoys earlier this summer, you can read about the inspiration and see the tutorial here

I wanted to try painting buoys in acrylic too

Here’s my process

Setting up my work space with reference photos, sketches, paint

I use a spray bottle to keep my acrylic paint moist on my palette, you can work for a long time without worries of the paint hardening if you give it a spritz once in a while

You can also put your palette in the refrigerator if you cover it, the paint will stay pliable for a long time. Brushes too, just put them in a ziplock and you can keep a loaded brush in there for days!

Great for furniture painting and other large projects