A Bit of Grass Painting

Painting may not be crafting, but it’s pretty nice. I use acrylics most of the time on canvas paper and wood. I started painting through happening upon some cast-off acrylics a long time ago. I decided I quite liked acrylics painting and kept doing it. That was about a decade ago.

I tried watercolors too since I seemed to like painting, and really, that was just okay. I tried oils, since they’re supposed to be The Thing To Do, but although I liked the texture I decided that I make too much of a mess to use them. I am not a tidy person. Organized, yes. Neat, no. Plus - linseed oil? Paint thinner? No, please.

I have four paintings here to show you that I’ve done. I rarely show the things I paint because I’m quite sensitive about them for whatever reason. I’ve grown mostly desensitized to showing my crafts and writing, but not my painting. So if you hate it and think my technique is sadly lacking, kindly don’t tell me.

I like reeds and grassy plants and color, and so that’s what inspired these. Oh, and I was inspired by this picture I took years ago at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. As far as the grasses go, I’m fond of the long thin stems, stalk-like plants, grass swaying in the breezes, that sort of thing. So here we have (in order) … bamboo, lavendar (which turned out quite purple in the picture, it’s not as … bright as it seems here), grass and cattails. I like the last one most. The cattails made me happy. The bamboo is my second favorite.

[note: the graininess is my camera's fault. will have to fix. these aren't grainy.]