First Timing Acrylics

A few months ago Christa Millard gave me a box of paints that her friend had given her that she thought I might enjoy. Christa is very talented in art and this summer she was so nice to start a painting with me. It is going to be a beach with little beach hut things on them, a copy of a piture from IKEA. Anyways, the canvase was started with the basics but life has come and taken all the free time that used to be. She gave me the paints to just doodle and practice with and finally I had some free time today to try them out. They are all legit acrylics and they are SO cool! I've never used anything besides water colors and they never turned out good at all. So here is my doodle from today. It is a lion and I really worked on layering and rough shadowing... I think it actually turned out kinda cool.