I spent New Year's day pouring over instructional art videos on Oil Painting and learned a few tips that I can put into practice. You will see me switching between paintings as one painting becomes wet and has to dry for a couple of days. Oil paint doesn't dry fast like acrylics so I'll have to plan all my paintings ahead of deadlines now. :( I'm so used to pushing an upcoming deadline. Oh well, I LOVE the look of oil paints so there is no turning back.
Let's see, which one to work on first.
Hmmm.... I'll go and look and the prospects.
OK, so I put the first layer of oil onto a previously started "Copy a Master Challenge" acrylic painting. I am copying William Adolphe Bouguereau's painting of Gabrielle Cot.
Step 4 in acrylic to
Step 5: First Layer of oil paints. The nose, mouth, and eyes still need a little repositioning. I was using a 1" hogs hair flat brush for the whole time tonight.
A long way to go. Off to read a book. :) More tomorrow.
Pam
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