Category Archives: Oil Painting Tips
Advanced Painting Atelier Week 10 & 11 Split-Complimentary Color Figure Painting
“Two Weeks.” I have visions of the huge and tall person in the movie Total Recall when the head explodes while going through customs. I decided to do a portrait, of course, I wanted to challenge myself because I thought … Continue reading
Advanced Painting Atelier Week 3 – 4
Weeks 3 and 4 were all about Analogous, value-based still-life painting. We also discussed other compositional options such as the Fibonacci sequence and deciding whether the subject requires a low, mid, or high-key composition. Here was my analogous painting. Almost … Continue reading
Self-Portrait Complete
August 24, 2019 As always, the caveat is, it’s done for now. I’m happy with it, in fact, I’m so happy with it I want it in MY ROOM. I seem to have this belief that I can’t really paint … Continue reading
Weeks 10 – 12 Portraits Week 1
This task threw me for days. I doubted myself. I doubted that I could do it. I wouldn’t even start for the fear. Isn’t that silly? Now I think it is, but then, well, I guess I just wasn’t thinking. … Continue reading
Weeks 4 – 6 of Painting Class
Many weeks later… I am so sorry it has been so long. Frankly, my painting class is kicking my butt. I have so much to learn in such a short time and I keep getting in my own way. I … Continue reading
Kipaipai Painting Class has Begun!
Finally, the painting class portion of the Kipaipai Atelier has begun! I’ve waited months for this and I’m so excited. During the first class, I was bouncing up and down in my chair. Overachiever that I am, about a month … Continue reading
Almost There
I’m so close. I’m so close I’ve actually signed the paintings. I still can’t let them go. There was something about the third painting that just wasn’t quite right yet, and I didn’t know what it was. This month, my … Continue reading
Seahorses on the Way
Currently, I am working on a triptych of seahorses. Continue reading
Glass Palettes
There is a lot of talk lately about using “neutral” palettes to mix paint, that somehow it helps you get your colors closer to what you want them to be. Most of us start with a white palette to mix … Continue reading