Getting back into the Acrylic Groove

It has been a few weeks since I have posted anything on my site. I have to say that I am really excited with the outcome of my latest painting......and it's not watercolor either. My feelings have been torn and reborn, realizing what I have been missing for the past 5 yrs since I last painted in Oil or Acrylic. Acrylic is different from oil in it's drying times and it's sheen, but they are very similar in mixing, consistency and texture. What I have realized is that I am much better painting oils and acrylics than watercolors. Watercolors can be more difficult in a sense. You have to reverse your thought process about how you are going to apply the paints. With watercolors it tends to be light to dark, but with Acrylic and Oil, you are applying the colors from dark to light since you are always adding white to get a lighter color. Of course you can have darker tones than straight out of the tube, but you get my drift(I hope). Automatically with watercolors you add water and build the colors. This can be a difficult process. It shouldn't be of any surprise that I am realising that my talents lean more towards oils and acrylics than watercolors, but what can I expect since in all honesty I have only been painting with watercolors for the past 2 yrs or so. Although watercolor is more difficult for me at this time, it won't stop me from learning and trying to get better. I see this more as a challenge.

This is a painting from a picture I took of an old shelter in a field here in Malta at the bottom of Saqqajja Hill. This building has been around for some time(at least 100 years) and has seen better days. My painting depicts the building in a much better light than it actually is. I have added some coloring to the stones as well to give the painting interest. I painted the stone in lighter shades of cream and white, but the painting became washed out and uninteresting, so I changed it to the current color scheme. This is a smaller painting that measures 8x10 and due to this, it took a lot longer for the brick work than it would on a larger painting. Regardless of this fact, I thoroughly enjoyed this painting and I can't wait to start painting more in oil and acrylic. I hope you enjoy this landscape and I always look forward to your comments.