Poisons and Pottery

A few years back, I started relearning how to paint in acrylic. I have spent most of my time over the years painting in gouache and transparent watercolor, and I was interested in getting into background painting for animation. I was told by everyone that I would need to hone my skills in acrylic painting, since that was the medium in demand at most of the studios. Ok, fine, never one to back down from a challenge, I actually started getting used to the slippery texture , the way the color dries darker, as opposed to gouache, which mostly dries lighter- having to be much more fastidious in my brush cleaning- no just setting those sables down to rinse out later! Anyway, I pulled together a nice new book of samples to trot out to the studios-and was very happy to get my first test from Disney. Of course, they wanted it to be done in GOUACHE! Oh well, still had my gouache chops, and I learned a lot about acrylics. Note my little tip of the hat to Mel Brooks in the top piece-got one of those books from Frau Bluecher(horses neighing in the distance).