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Still Life Oil Painting with Process Photos
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This was a quick alla prima still life study featuring a bouquet of flowers passed their prime and a bundle of dried lavender contained in a couple of glass vases and a glass skull shaped jar.
I don’t have much experience painting glass, because it has always intimidated me. Painting this still life study has taught me the unusual characteristics of glass and the way it bends light.
Materials used:
Landscape Oil Painting Studies with Timelapse
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I would love to paint en plein air using my oil paints. But that would require traveling with more equipment and supplies than I normally do. In the meantime, I find myself enjoying doing these mini landscape oil painting studies in the comfort of my home. Here are a couple of quick studies I did earlier this week.
"Ketchikan" oil paint on 4" x 6" wood panel
This first painting made me realize that I haven’t quite figured out which yellow and blue to pair in order to mix a specific shade of green. It didn’t help that the lighting in my room was inconsistent as I worked on this painting.
In order to solve this issue before diving into the second landscape study, I decided to do some color experimentation in my sketchbook using all the yellows and blues I have in my collection.
Materials used for “Ketchikan”:
"Fairview Park" oil paint on 4" x 6" wood panel
The second painting came out much better than the first study. I find myself being drawn back to the dirt path time and time again. There is just something about the cool shadows and warm sunlit areas that sparks joy in me.
Materials used for “Fairview Park”:
Music Credits:
A Walk on the Stars by .Sledg3.
Beautiful Day by The Noise Morser
California by Julian Avila
Another Chill Day by Kronicle
Making Time for Art Again
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My art and craft production tends to ebb and flow with the seasons. One season I am knitting up a storm, and the next I am sewing myself a leather satchel. Some crafts come around and after the initial excitement, I realize that I don’t enjoy the process quite as much as I thought I would.
One method of creation that I always come back to is drawing and painting. If I had to choose one creative outlet for the rest of my life, this would be it. So this autumn, I am prioritizing a daily art practice, even when I only have 10-20 minutes in a given day.
Photo from Azurek Designs
To jumpstart my daily practice, I decided to go with something fun and colorful, yet small enough to finish within a couple of hours. I found this lovely photo of a jumping spider after a quick google search. It took me a bit of time to remember all the “rules” for using oil paints, since it feels like forever since I picked up my brush.
The colors are not as accurate to the reference as I wanted them to be, but I love how the spider turned out and have decided to add it to Sylphrena’s bug collection gallery. I “relearned” a lot during this process - color theory, layering techniques, and more, all started seeping back into my brain. My goal is to do at least 1-2 small oil painting studies each week so that I continue to improve and retain the things that I learn.
Here are the materials I used for this 2.5” x 3.5” painting:
