I have never formally learned how to do on oil painting,
I have painted in gouache, watercolor, I do lots of collage,
but never just a straight oil painting. I'm taking an online course
Painting the Winter Landscape with Jamie Shelman.
I'm finding it to be fun and challenging. A whole new way of
thinking about painting and technique. It's also
great for refocusing me on observing my surroundings.
Here is my progress so far:
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| First we made ink sketches from our photos to get the values. |
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| another ink sketch |
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| Then we mixed color and did quick roughs to lay out the image. |
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| This is maybe 1/2 way done painted on board. I'm still a bit shaky with this technique and it seems tentative to me. |
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| This is from a different view of the Hudson river, looking towards NYC. I just blocked out the basic areas of color. |
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| Here is my second layer on this one, It still needs work. Whether they come out as I'd like or not, I'm having a great time learning and experimenting with the oils. I'll post more after the next assignment. |
2 comments:
I think your paintings are fabulous for never having used oils before! I love the subtleties of the neutrals. There is a real feeling of the chill of winter.
These are beautiful Jen, and between this and Helen, I am VERY inspired to do the same.
It's been about 20 years since I opened my oil paints...I am set up and pretty much ready to go.
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