Tag: acrylic painting

Painting Process

Hello World

Harley Makes Art

My name is Harley and I’m an artist. I’ve realized this is what makes me happy, everything else is soul sucking. I want to master my craft. Guess what though? In order to have 30+ hours a week to do that, I need to make some money on it.

That’s where this blog comes in. I’ve read at least a couple books about making a living as an artist. My favorite one recommends starting a blog, Instagram, Facebook page, etc. So that’s where we are.

I will do my best to post at the end of each day I spend making art!

It’s good too, because I spend A LOT of time on each piece so it’s great to have somewhere I can show what I’m doing.

I’m working on the yellow in the Buddha painting as well as the flower. The Harley Quinn-esque painting is something I just started after watching Suicide Squad. Started out as one thing, ended up being another.

I like to start at my apartment working on small acrylic paintings as I get around. Then I move to my studio.

Left one is very close to finished. The right mostly needs details on the moon.
Been working on this one forever. It’s one of the first ones I started when I decided to learn how to paint realistically.
Altered the floor, added detail to the feather. Might add a sparkle to the eye and then add varnish.
I’m thinking I’m about to call this one done.
I just started these self portraits since I won’t be young forever. It’s good practice.

I like to work on multiple paintings at a time because oils take so long to dry. I give it that depth by painting in layers, letting each one dry before I start another. Each layer takes a couple days to dry though. Hence: multiple paintings.

Thanks for reading!