oil
Experiment 3
[SinglePic not found]Tomorrow, I’ll explain the motivation and objectives of the three experiments I did this year and what it all means for the future of my paintings
I’m an Oil Man
I’m an oil painter now. I never really thought I would be, but a couple of things happened to give me the opportunity and here’s my first oil painting in 15 years:
I’m thrilled with it. It’s much better than I thought it would be. In fact, I was so sure that I’d make a bad painting that I had to give myself a pep talk before painting it. I focused on the fact that no matter how bad it was, it’d be the best oil painting I had done in 15 years. It helped.
I’ve gotten pretty comfortable with the control I had in watercolors first then later with dyes and to give that up with a new medium was not something I was looking forward to. However I am enjoying the newness of it now.
I’ll write more soon about oil and the new options it gives me, how it makes it easier to show in a gallery, and my horror story of the last time I painted in oil. I started typing it all up, but it’s taking too long and I’ve waited long enough to post about this.
More soon
Last painting of ’08?
iPhone pic of finished painting, higher quality will be posted soon. Second attempt at the Frankenstyle.
Also, noteworthy, I made some important purchases today. I bought a starter set of oil paints, and some canvas to stretch to try using the dyes on untreated canvas. One of those will work and get me from boards to canvas