Bears in the City

"Bears in the City"
Acrylic on canvas panel

I painted these for two of my best friends, Dave and Brittney. They just moved to Marietta, and this was a welcome/birthday gift for the two of them. They are very cool people and I wish them the best in everything. I haven't worked on any art in a while, and they were both very good inspiration for me to get back into the game, Thanks guys!
These were painted on small panels, with pre-stretched, gessoed canvas stretched across. I did the background wet in wet, and continuously misted it as I was working so that the final result would look almost like it was water color. The buildings were painted using the back end of the brush in wet paint. Soon as it was dry, I painted the bears on top using thicker layers. I actually didn't mix any medium in this time, It was all just acrylic paint and water. I figured that the pre-gessoed canvas would bleed enough waxy medium to keep it glossy.