I’m always waiting for paint to dry, that’s a downside to Oil painting, although also a good thing - It means I can put the painting to one side for a couple of weeks (or more), sort of forgetting about it. When I then retrieve it from the shelf, I see it afresh and can often tell immediately if it is viable for further work. Usually they are and so it is like starting again, but the basics are down.
I currently have several paintings in the studio at that stage, but this week I took one such part-worked painting with me to the Exmoor National Park Centre in Lynmouth, where I completed it.
~ Pleased with the result ~
*note: I'll admit that my monitor brings this painting up far brighter than it is in person
If you click the image above, hopefully it will take you to a short video clip showing the painting on the easel in Lynmouth when I had decided that the painting was DONE.
6 comments:
The sunset is lovely Ann, a very nice painting.
Eileen…..Many thanks Eileen, it was a fun painting to do.
Your talent never ceases to amaze me! It's lovely!
Thanks so much Robin….it’s all about practise ;)
Not being a user of oils myself I haven't experienced the "drying time" issue but this a great painting and well worth the inconvenience.
John…..I still use watercolours, and in fact also Acrylics, but Oils are my all time favourite. Using brushes, but particularly palette knives for textured work, so satisfying.
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