When I did the bed rot paintings on my sketchbook, I knew I had to paint them on canvas. And so I did. :D

The first one I did was the one with the most exciting color for me: ultramarine blue. :D

Since I have an extra canvas that I prepped with gesso, I started soon after. It was nice to have ready canvases for projects like this cos for my mind, it's one step done already.

I started with a sketch using the color that I planned to show up in the final. I also blurred the reference photo since I don't want it showing there. I mostly don't want references that I took to be shown since they're too raw and not "curated". XD

I like working in layers so I put whatever initial colors there whether I plan on having them show through or not. I am very uncomfortable of gesso showing up in the finished painting haha so even if I plan on having a white background, I still paint them with titanium white or something close.

I also have my sketchpad on there to guide me with the colors from the study. :D

I'm combining different techniques (wet-on-wet, drip, etc) and acrylic mediums to have variety in my painting. I kinda don't like a very polished painting and I like a detailed but chaotic in one but it can be challenging to combine them while looking good. So this is why I need to just paint. :D

After letting the painting sit for days, I finally signed it and decided it's finished. :P I love having some parts to be a bit detailed and others loose. I'm planning on painting 2 more for it to be a series.

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