Apple Barrel in general tends to be low quality cheap paint. So you definitely want to make sure you're using gesso under it and that you have a nicely stretched canvas to start. And never ever use their black or white! They're utter garbage. If you have a Michaels or Hobby Lobby close, their...
With acrylics, this tends to happen a couple of ways.
When you're using inexpensive paints which are super thin to start with and/or you thin good paint too much with water. There's not enough medium left to bind, and they crack as they dry. Apple Barrel white and black are NOTORIOUS for this...
Worse. I get tiny little flying bugs. The shed from the dog is pretty coarse hair (aussie) so it doesn't usually end up floating around on the air currents in the house. But those annoying little flies and moths invariably always land in a wet pour overnight, get trapped, then drag themselves...
Also keep in mind, artists are creating for themselves. Not for you. Nor for me. Unless it's a commissioned piece. It only has to make sense to THEM.
Any time you're creating for the crowd instead of for yourself, you're toast.
I have some very VERY pointed opinions about this topic which I will not share. Suffice it to say that just because a person does not understand a piece of abstract art, does not mean there is not a meaning behind it to the artist. They often spend weeks or months working on a piece just like...
I've got my own thread going but I'll share something for you here.
This is Fred. Or at least Fred's eye peering though a rift in space-time.
20x20" Acrylic on canvas.
And if you've ever looked up at the night sky and wondered "What might be out there?" Well, maybe this.
Welcome to the...