On the Rocks

This is an acrylic painting on an 8x10 canvas.  I am not totally happy with the outcome but I feel I am making good progress in this new medium.  I wanted to push it in terms of applying watercolor-like washes and thick strokes of paint as in oil to see what it would do.  I am happy with the composition so I will definitely attempt this scene again as I get more proficient with acrylic.   What I found is that some of the lighter tones came out very chalky which is the same problem I had when I began oil painting some time ago.  I am not too worried about it though.  The fact is I could do an outside color study of this size or even smaller very quickly and without a lot of mess with the acrylic paint and then finish it in oil back in the studio.  So, onward and upward.  By the way, this is the first actual painting of Palm Beach I have done in the two years I have been wintering here.