Craft House Autumn PBN, set of 2 (pic 1)

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Craft House Autumn PBN, set of 2 (pic 1)
Craft House Autumn PBN, set of 2 (pic 1)

When I found my PBN sets in December of last year, this is the first set I wanted to complete but I couldn't find the paints, so I instead worked on Seaside Fury (in my paint-by-number set). I later found the paints (there had been a mix-up) but they were worthless except for the orange. However, they were invaluable in being a guide for what colors to mix.
I had a lot of problems with this set, but I learned a lot too so it was worth it. First of all, I started this set in oil paints even though it is actually an acrylic paints set, because at the time I had just done some acrylic paintings and had a hard time so I wanted to use oil paints. The darkest brown (almost black) on these panels is oil, as is the next darkest brown and the medium brown. Next I used a standard orange and a spring green. The problem is that these were not the right shades and I didn't know how much it mattered. They didn't look right, so at that point I put the panels away. They now became another set that I completed over 20 years later.
When I now finally found the acrylic paints, I tried to rehydrate all of them but only the orange was usable. That actually turned out to be a lifesaver for two reasons. First of all, the paint is good quality so that it doesn't dry out too quickly and I could paint big pieces quickly and easily, and second, it gave me the encouragement I needed to think that I could complete the paintings.
Then I went on my first shopping trip for acrylic paints. I found the lovely red and some greens, browns, blues, yellows and antique white. I mixed the greens and browns and was satisfied with the shades until I started painting. They were blotchy! I didn't understand what was wrong until I read the bottles. Some of the paints were matte and some were gloss. I hadn't noticed that at the store; I had been just looking at the names of the colors and the shades. So I had to do some remixing, all in matte colors. I might have had to go back to the store to get more browns and greens to make the right shades, but I know I made a special trip to look at colors for the sky. I didn't try to match the original blue. I thought it was too true blue and I didn't like it. I really like the shade of blue I mixed for the sky and the water.
I am glad these panels don't expand much when clicked on because of my mistakes, but overall I think they are lovely. I bought the set again from ebay and when I paint the panels, they will be in all acrylic with consistent colors.

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Taken on: April 4, 2018
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