Category: Oil Painting Tips
Makanau – A Keystone Painting
As part of this painting course, Rose had us work on a Keystone painting. This was the final painting of the class. The concept behind this is that it is the pivotal center point of a cluster of paintings that work together as a cohesive whole. There are many ways in which this can work,…
Week 12 – Fantasy Painting
Time Machine – 2019 I had a talk with my teacher. We’re all really frustrated that we are behind with all the work we need to complete for class. She told us that she is doing this intentionally so that we start to paint faster. The only way to do that is to just do…
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 I needed the practice. Finishing it in two weeks was a joke! For what it…
Advanced Painting Atelier Weeks 8 & 9 Trompe l’Oeil
This time, we had two weeks to complete a painting. Rose wanted us to do a Trompe l’Oeil, which is a painting that gives the illusion of reality, such as a painting of a window onto a lush tropical landscape that is painted directly on a wall. In this case, I painted a tree frog…
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 all of the colors of the garlic fall in the yellow to light grey range.…
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 people well, and then I’m surprised when I do. Hell, I’m surprised when they are…
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. I was feeling and I let it get the better of me for a while.…
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 have trouble finishing my homework in the time allotted. Weeks 4 – 6 were spent…
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 ago, I started painting color charts, I read the first three chapters, and I also…
