Another small work

I feel like I have accomplished a lot this week. Here is another small painting that I completed. This iris painting is one that I am thinking about submitting to a conference as a teaching project. It is painted in Genesis on a 4x4 piece of gesso board. When using gesso board with Genesis, it is a good idea to first basecoat it with DecoArt Americana acrylic paint. I did not basecoat this piece and found that the paint dragged a little on the first stage painting. It made painting a little more cumbersome. Once the first stage painting was completed, there was no further problem. I would basecoat with something like Light Buttermilk.