My Favorite Mediums

There is a lot to love about art and design.  There are so many mediums to work with that I find it difficult to concentrate on just one or two so I can master them.  Acrylic painting is my favorite fine art medium.   The paints come in so many awesome colors, are water soluble, and you can paint over your mistakes.  I love to sketch and use colored pencils.  I even have some coloring books of abstract designs and patterns (so-called coloring books for grownups) that I like to use my colored pencils or even markers on.  I love to create vector illustrations on computer, which is how I spend a lot of my time.  I like to play around with scrap booking supplies and create hand-made cards for birthdays.  

Art doesn't just have to be fine art.  Crafting and art go hand in hand.  I used to love to make bracelets out of beads. Recently I found a few beading books I like and want to try my hand at it again.  Knitting can be fun, though I haven't done that in awhile.  Yarn can get expensive if you need to buy a lot of it.  I like to paint on glass or wood sometimes to create some really unique gifts.  I think everyone in my family has a set of my hand-painted Christmas ornaments.  I'm not saying they look all that great, but I did my best.  Cross-stitching is a fun activity.  The problem is, I get bored with it after a while and rarely finish the project.

As for what I don't like, that is a much smaller list.  I don't care for doing watercolors.  I have seen some really great art in that medium, but I don't care to learn it.  No room for error.  No thanks.  I had a bad experience with oil paints.  I got red paint on a brand new shirt in high school and haven't touched it since.  That and paint thinner makes me a little wacky.  :)  Pastels seem like a good idea, but I don't work with those either.  Too much mess.  Same with charcoal.  Messy stuff.

So, for right now, I will stick to my acrylics and other non-messy mediums.  Speaking of which, I really should get back to my painting.  I have a ton of canvases in the closet just waiting to become the next masterpiece!