My first oil painting! Thanks in no small part to the online encouragement of Stuart Davies who gave me the nudge I needed. I love his “Just get on with it and don’t worry” approach. Find him via his website (stuartdaviesfineart.com) and his YouTube channel (Stuart Davies on YouTube). I’ll mention other art heroes in separate posts. In the context of this first oil painting, Stuart gave me the push I needed.
I’ve been fearful of oil painting for years. Messy, toxic, lengthy process and drying. It’s actually lovely when you’ve had some good advice and truly relax into it.
For this one, I loaded up the pallet with sap green, yellow ochre, Payne’s grey, burnt Sienna and a little Indian yellow all for the land. Titanium white, French Ultramarine, Cobalt, burnt Sienna and Payne’s Grey for the sky. Add as much Alkyd/Liquin as you need. Quite wet.
Wiping off with tissue and leaving as many of the brush textures as you need is key for this technique. A lot of fun, but have to make sure that you set up some light tonal areas so you can use them to show off your rich darks (in my case mainly trees).
The sky was created using a classic Stuart Davies’s approach. Really enjoyable and effective.
29.5″ x 25″