This is just my other art journal extended... it was getting confusing with so many other "Art Journals" lol :lol:
Still working on my Mustangs, but finally got my commissioned portrait finished.
your work is amazing. Painting is something I've tried to do but have not been successful. So I hope you don't mind if I ask some questions.
Do you use oil or acrylic?
That's actually my primary question. I've been working on painting a saw blade (the long ones that are jagged on one side) for a friend and have been working on it two years next month (ridiculous I know). I keep hitting these down times when I don't even want to look at the thing.
So any tips you could give would be awesome. How you get started, anything.
Thanks!
Brandi
Well, i use acrylic paint because oil takes FOREVER to dry. Although i did use oil alot when i was younger because it was easier to manipulate.
However, acrylic is easier to paint over if you mess up lol. It's mostly trial & error until you get the feel of it.
I like to do the background first & tape off what i don't want painted (regular masking tape, & then cut it out with an exacto knife).
For a saw blade, id defeintely use acrylic. I did toybox lids for my niece & nephew a couple of months ago using acrylic. Then i went over it with a waterproof finish from the hardware store. I had to wait a couple of days until the paint was really dry or else the finish would pull the paint off. I put about 10 coats on each too lol so that it wouldn't chip, because kids are rotten & like to wreck pretty stuff. :lol:
Thanks for the tips. I'm thinking of sanding off what I've done on the saw already (not much) and starting over in acrylic. I have some acrylic paints and I did a lil work with them in high school. What you said about oils is very true. I get so frustrated! Painting's hard enough for me to commit to (drawing's so much easier-not as many supplies to get out and prep) but to have to wait for the paint to dry is so time consuming. I lose my motivation by the time it dries.
And the bit about taping off areas is brilliant.
And the paintings you posted are so adorable! The mountains in your wip are amazing too.
Look forward to seeing how it progresses!
Thanks again.
It amazes me how fast you paint! How big is this one?
O and by the way-i'm stripping off the old oil paint off the saw blade and going to start over in acrylic. There wasn't much to strip off anyways.
Can't wait!
Yeah, this one's going by pretty quick lol. It's just a 16 by 20 inch (only size ive got right now!) Im not doing any commissioned paintings right now so i sort of have time to play with my own.
Good luck with the saw! It would be cool to see when you'ree finish
So i was looking at other people's art pages & all the wonderful drawings & suddenly got the urge to try it again myself just to see if i could still do it :lol: It's been atleast 2 years since i've actually sat down to draw & not just outline for a painting!
Aww that's so cute! Awesome to see your drawing. Funny how we all do a swap-type thing. You've got me starting to paint while others have you starting to draw. :lol:
I really can't believe how fast you paint! Wish I could too... And you're really systematic about it too.
Nice drawings as well. I kind of had the same story with my drawing, only worse: I never even draw the outlines for paintings. However, I don't think your break did the same amount of damage as mine did!
Amazing work, have to keep my eye on your progression.
I really can't believe how fast you paint! Wish I could too... And you're really systematic about it too.
Nice drawings as well. I kind of had the same story with my drawing, only worse: I never even draw the outlines for paintings. However, I don't think your break did the same amount of damage as mine did!
Amazing work, have to keep my eye on your progression.
So i didn't get to work on my painting today :-( got stuck making sketches for a new commissioned. A lady wants a painting of her 2 Clydesdales and it's driving me nuts already! ha ha. Good $ though so i shouldn't complain.
Anywho... whipped this up last night.
It's Niigon & for all those who probably don't know who he is, he was a well-know Canadian racehorse a few years ago (retired now). He won the Queen's Plate Stakes (Canada's version of the Kentucky Derby), beating horse of the year; A Bit O'Gold.
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