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By: CrashOctopus Blog » Oil Painting Tips

CrashOctopus Blog » Oil Painting Tips — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:37:51 +0000

[...] have just a few more steps to get that painting from class finished. I really hate how long oil paint takes to dry. It’s nice for fixing problems or [...]

By: Meg

Meg — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:25:06 +0000

Thanks! Oil painting is sort of messy, but it’s fun.

By: Kenetic_tigress

Kenetic_tigress — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:52:32 +0000

Beautiful painting.
Oil painting is one medium I haven’t tried yet. :) Wouldn’t mind trying it in the future though.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:47:21 +0000

Thanks, everyone!

Kasie, don’t worry, you aren’t missing toooo much. I still like gouache better. :D

Pierce – see above. ;) I am starting to like them, though…

Angela, I totally agree, I hate having to wait for them to dry. The only good thing about slow drying time is the paint stays wet on the palette for a long time.

Lisa, it was fairly straightforward laying in the colors with the detailed b&w drawing we had to work from. I could never paint drapery from memory – blargh. And I kinda like the smell. :D

Casey, thanks!

By: Casey Klahn

Casey Klahn — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:48:23 +0000

Way to go!

By: Lisa B.

Lisa B. — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:08:19 +0000

Meg, this is wonderful! I admire you for taking the plunge into oils. The background is great, but the folds in her draping are awesome!

P.S. How do you tolerate the smell???

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:34:32 +0000

Wonderful work! I kinda don’t like oils myself. I don’t really like to wait so long but this is a beautiful painting! GREAT Job! *HUGS*

By: Peirce

Peirce — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:33:42 +0000

HA! We’ll make an oil painter out of you yet…

By: Kasie@~The Art of Life~

Kasie@~The Art of Life~ — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:17:00 +0000

Wow! That is AWESOME! The colors are beautiful.
I’ve never had much luck with oils. It doesn’t help that I’m allergic to them, lol.
You’re doing great!!
:)