Oct to Irene - frosting painting

This could have been a lot better. I'll refrain from listing all the things that bother me. The whole point of this blog is to spend some time puttering at our desks on things that will be going away. We're almost done with my Oct envelopes and then we'll enjoy seeing what arrived in my mailbox in Oct.

This article about an artist caught my eye because the title said she was inspired by frosting. 

My first thought was - Oh my gosh - That looks exactly like what I did when I had my first encounter with acrylic paint. It was in 8th or 9th grade - and as I recall, the art teacher had this new-fangled paint - called acrylic paint. I did some little paintings that looked just like this. My mom had one of them for a very long time and I did not keep it after she passed away. 

I was curious to know if my memory was accurate, that when the art teacher presented the new-fangled paint, was it truly new at the time. It would have been 1965 or 1966. I Googled and discovered that yes - acrylic paint for artists was introduced in the 60s. Acrylic paint in general was developed much earlier and used for different purposes before it was formulated/packaged for the fine art world. 

Golden was one of the first two companies to produce acrylic paint for artists and interestingly - they are  still in business and favored by many as the best. Golden is expensive. As we all learn, there are no bargains in art supplies... unless you make art out of found objects - but even then, you'd want to invest in the best adhesives if your next step is gluing things together....

LINK to full article about *frosting* artist