Transparent and opaque acrylic exercises.

While trying out transparent acrylic painting, I learned to mix a small amount of paint with with water to get transparent washes. For these exercises, I tried to keep my brush strokes to a minimum to have a smoother  gradation. For the second one I used some watercolor pencils on top of a thin acrylic wash. With the third exercise I painted more opaquely with red and green paint. With the red sphere, I used brush strokes to turn the form. For the green sphere, I used the sponge to turn the form. The sponge was a really useful tool to get a softer gradation.