My first attempt at oils

[steveinca]

Gave oil painting a shot. I usually do acrylics. Oils are so much different to paint with. The finish is much nicer but man is it hard to paint with. So here's my first attempt. Not really sure how it turned out. Once you look at something for hours on end you really lose a sense of whether or not it looks presentable. Regardless, i'm gonna put a gothic type frame on it and hang it on my wall. I'm gonna keep giving oils a try. They look amazing when done right. Now that's all i have to figure out...how to do it right

[masao626]

this looks lovely! any better pictures - these are a bit out of focus...

[steveinca]

Apr 20, 2008 12:18:28 GMT -8 masao626 said:

this looks lovely! any better pictures - these are a bit out of focus...

Thanks! I'll take some as soon as it dries. These pics were done with the cell. Thanks again for the kind words.

[benvan]

Very nice start, you jumped right in to mixing the colors. I had, and still have a lot of trouble doing that well. I tend to have the Jeremy Fish technique using short obvious brush strokes of a different color to gradually change colors rather than a true gradation.

Also, I am starting to learn that using oils on paintings lengthens the process a lot, as painting certain things when everything is wet is more appropriate, and painting certain parts a couple days or a week later, when it is somewhat dry is much easier. Each one seems to take a few weeks for me now (though I like to have several going at once)

However, This is only what I guess from trying, I never really learned from anybody, so take it for what it's worth. I saw Matt Dangler gave you some tips on the other board, that's somebody to learn from.