Raspberry Daiquiri

The colours, the shiny AB's... All worth it. Also have Long Island and Aperol Spritz to hang in my dining room... Can't wait till all are finished.

My first Square painting from DAC and it’s big. It’s 55 cm by 70 cm and about 70-80% is all one colour. I thought from the reference image the background was black but actually it’s a very dark brown, number 3771.

I found that the 20 sections I split it into were too big, each taking around 3 hours to complete and that was with using a multi placer.

I also found the best way to handle it was to do the 3771 first and then add the colour in.

However after completing the piece and stepping back, I fell more in love. Squares take longer but the finish is incredible and you can clearly read the writing.

This will be given as a Christmas present this year and I’m sure it will be well loved and hang pride of place in the kitchen.

I’ve since bought Long Island Iced tea to go with it.

I got this for my mom as a gift, she has been collecting these. This one is so cute! The red is so vibrant, and I love how the recipe is written on it! As with all DAC paintings, the canvas is the best quality and the symbols are nice and very clear.

Their patented canvas is amazing, as always! Glue was sticky and was easy to clean. However DMC 3371 was AWFUL. Nobbly bits, mishapen, different sizes, dimpled backs. And since there was so much of it needed in the painting, I had 13 big(gest) bags I had to fish bad drills before using a multiplacer. I am convinced this was part of the factory defect they had in late 2018 I believe so. They sent me replacement drills (5 small bags) and while it wasn't enough to replace them all, it was still a good break from all the bad ones. These new drills were mostly perfect so it definitely was just a bad batch. I will upload more when I am done!