Forest of Dreams

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Acrylic and watercolour paint on canvas.

I was inspired at my earlier acrylic work, which I never got finished. I loved the mysterious atmosphere and illumination effects in that picture. I tried to achieve those things in this picture too.

I had a lot problems whit this picture. My acrylic colour collection is extremely limited compared to my watercolours. I had used eraser when drawing the picture so the acrylics got upset and refused to cooperate whit me. To get the paint just even stay on the canvas I had to use thick and dry paint, which I really don’t like to work whit. The animals really suffered from that. The cat and the mice look acceptable, but the rest of them are horrible - especially the squirrel, which looked really really cute as a sketch.

The only thing I’m happy about this picture is the background. It looks just like I wanted: a forest of dreams whit lots of mysterious atmosphere and illumination effects. (at least I think there is…