blobs of oil paint

Another day of training myself to use more paint. A palette knife helps in applying big blobs - well, they're big to me. Others would laugh. Also finally remembered to clean my metal thinner containers and add fresh Gamsol odorless mineral spirits. Today's painting was more fun than frustration.

oil, pastel and colored pencil

One of my sources of inspiration and support for the past 14 years has been an Artist Critique Group. Most of us started as colored pencil artists and many continue to work primarily in that medium. As always, I was amazed and inspired by their work at our meeting yesterday. It motivated me to finish this little piece that has been on my easel for a week. It began as an oil foundation on white Wallis paper. I added some pastel, a little colored pencil, and left the oil foundation to stand alone in the foreground.

first oil painting

My first landscape in oil is done. "A Far Country" isn't what I intended but it is a big improvement over my last posting of it. I'll add it to my New Work blog. 16 x 20 inches, oil on canvas.

Six Little Oils

I'm still putting my studio back together after tearing it apart to paint the walls blue. Haven't been able to get to my easel this week but I did frame six of the little daily paintings. They will go to Jeffrey Moose Gallery soon.