Oil paintings might take time to dry, but they are so worth the wait...

 

This is only a very short clip....

.....but had to share it here.  We were parked up having just walked the dogs

and when I looked across towards the sea, I noticed this bird

As I say it is only a very short clip....so don't blink

and as always click the image below

 

A new Oil painting

I say 'new' broadly speaking.

New here, but this painting has been in the background drying for a few weeks.

That's the thing with Oil paints, they need time to dry and for me to spend some away time, so I can come back to it and see it with fresh eyes.

I was happy with this and it's a local scene.

Friends who live on Exmoor took photos a while back and, of course, the inevitable happened

Me: "Would you mind if I did a painting from your photos?"

I'm really lucky that they are happy for me to do a painting (or two - eventually) 

and I think they anxiously wait to see the results.

So here it is:

~ as ever, click the above image and see a short video clip of it in some detail.

I didn't video the painting process this time....I forgot! ~

Trying a different style

It's always good to shake it up a bit and I've certainly done that with this latest oil painting. Seeing how others paint is always an inspiration to me - some I really enjoy, some I don't - hey that's art! However, I recently got inspired by the work of Turner Vinson and having asked his permission, which he kindly gave, I have tried out one of his demos.  

Yes, I learned from it - isn't that what it is all about, even when I go back to my own style. So here (do you hear a drum roll)...this small 5x7 

Titled: "On the River- after Turner Vinson"

Stonehenge at Sunset

 Waiting for various layers of paint to dry, this little painting of Stonehenge - 5"x7" Oil on panel, has taken a while to do. Along with other paintings in the 'queue of paintings drying' this one is now being considered Done ✅

It looks so tiny up on my easel

and was surprisingly fiddly to paint.  

I think the bigger paintings are far less challenging, but I do enjoy a challenge as you know.

The reference photo was used Thanks to a friend, Elizabeth Darlington, who was happy for me to use it for this artwork.  I always appreciate it when people are okay with my use of their photos.

"Stonehenge at Sunset"

Art Supplies

I have to say that I'm not someone who particularly loves shopping.  Okay, looking around the shops is one thing and I enjoy a bit of window shopping.  When it comes to shopping generally, it doesn't do it for me.  HOWEVER....that is until I go into an art suppliers....Wow!  Bliss or what.  

A bit of a distant memory nowadays though, but better everyone is safe during these very weird times.

So my art supply shopping is now done ONLINE....Yay!  and oh boy did I order the other day.  Which resulted in this BIG BOX OF CANVASES arriving 

Various sizes from 6" x 6" through to 24"x12 - I have enough to keep me going for some time.

Oh, and I also got Oil paper blocks too, Jackson's Art own brand.  It's lovely paper with such a

great texture to  it.  A delight to paint on.

So many THANKS to JACKSON'S ART SUPPLIERS

who were very efficient sending this out and supplying tracking to boot.

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