Christmas Bauble Pt2

Forgot to take a picture of my second sitting. Wasn;t much difference though due to the slow drying undercoat. Here is sitting three though and it's looking good.

Christmas Bauble Pt1

Well I think I bit off more than I could chew with "Good Morning Bela". Not sure what went wrong but I think it was a combination of bad composition and bad colour management, so it turned out all muddy. And that's how it stayed - for a long time. I kept it up, waiting for inspiration on how to fix it but nothing came. Note for next time, when you get stuck, move onto something new - quickly. Otherwise the painting will just begin to annoy you and you might never return to it.


Anyway Xmas is coming and I decided I'd use this as a natural deadline for my next project. Which sees me returning right back to basics, doing a still life with a limited palette. The image posted here is a second sitting. Other note to self: don;t use to much oil to begin with as it takes aaaages to get dry enough to move onto the next stage. Acrylic would have been a more sensible option.

One more thing. On my quest for the best palette I decided to throw my white chopping board out as it soaked up my paint and it was a nightmare to clean. Glass was my next choice but wanted something with a white background so had the idea of using a white bathroom tile. So far so good. Mixes well and cleans very well. Downside being it's a bit heavy to hold.

The Gatekeeper

Oil on Paper Sketch

I've been working on a painting of a beach scene but it's really not my thing and has been sitting unfinished for way too long. It's actually beginning to block my creativity so decided to oil paint over one of my sketches in my sketch book. It's no masterpiece, but it did give me a welcome break from the canvas in progress.

It's oil on paper. not a great combo but on retrospect I should probably have started with a little acrylic undercoat.