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ยป OIL PAINTING - Check out my 2 year painting progress
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post 1631117593 02-11-2021, 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted By lightsarefallin
Nice stuff man. Did you follow along with Bob?

I use a variety of oil paints depending on what they have at my local art store. It's mostly van gogh or windsor newton brand.



I've actually never done that, so they're really piling up!
Originally Posted By lightsarefallin
Missed this comment, sorry brah. No, I'm not from Alberta. However, I've always been drawn to the Canadian west but have yet to visit.
The first few painting were with bob, once I got an idea of what colors I should be mixing and some technique, I found it easier just to do my own thing. I scraped a few canvases in the beginning, you just need to give them some time to dry but I was able to practice a whole bunch that way. Go to the Rockies and get youself a new found appreciation for nature and some great inspiration, I took a road trip through the rockies and have a few pictures I took that I am going to recreate through painting.
post 1631119343 02-11-2021, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted By Steveyblack
The first few painting were with bob, once I got an idea of what colors I should be mixing and some technique, I found it easier just to do my own thing. I scraped a few canvases in the beginning, you just need to give them some time to dry but I was able to practice a whole bunch that way. Go to the Rockies and get youself a new found appreciation for nature and some great inspiration, I took a road trip through the rockies and have a few pictures I took that I am going to recreate through painting.
I traveled through the alps a few years back and have images from that stunning landscape. Definitely inspired me. I'm looking forward to my eventual trip out west. That and Japan. I really love the Japanese countryside landscapes.
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post 1631120543 02-11-2021, 07:35 AM
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Very impressive, Op!

Beautiful work.
post 1631120683 02-11-2021, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted By martoch
Very impressive, Op!

Beautiful work.
Thanks brah - much appreciated. A goal of mine this coming year is to get more comfortable with different kinds of brushes. I've been using a half-sized round brush quite exclusively to paint my highlights. Need to step out of that comfort zone and continue pushing myself. That's the only way to grow.
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*Drive 2 minutes in the summer and back of shirt gets completely wet crew*
*Coffee black as midnight on a moonless night crew*
*Fat shame my cat on a daily basis crew*
post 1631121463 02-11-2021, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted By lightsarefallin
Thanks brah - much appreciated. A goal of mine this coming year is to get more comfortable with different kinds of brushes. I've been using a half-sized round brush quite exclusively to paint my highlights. Need to step out of that comfort zone and continue pushing myself. That's the only way to grow.
I suck at art, not gonna lie - my comfort zone is barely stick figures and I still get them wrong/proportions are way off.
But it looks like you'll do just fine and I agree, push yourself! Never know what you're capable of until you try.

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post 1631121803 02-11-2021, 07:51 AM
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Looking good as usual OP. Definitely cleaner throughout the process, I can tell!
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post 1631127893 02-11-2021, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted By martoch
I suck at art, not gonna lie - my comfort zone is barely stick figures and I still get them wrong/proportions are way off.
But it looks like you'll do just fine and I agree, push yourself! Never know what you're capable of until you try.

Damn, I'm already out
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I honestly really did not know what to expect going into painting for the first time. I've also never really been any good at the visual arts. I'm a musician and I write music and that's my greatest passion in life. I will say, though, that this wet on wet style is very user friendly even for people who believe they can't, as you mentioned, even draw a stick figure. I'd really encourage you to give it a try and stick with it. As you can see from what I posted, progress is possible, even from the abomination that was my first attempt (lol).

It's fascinating how human perception changes as well. After my first attempt, I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn'tTHATbad, but not great either. When my wife got home she said, "wow that's a lot better than I thought it was gonna be." When I had her inspect my new one yesterday and pulled out my first attempt, she made a face and laughed. We both discussed how bad it was and how much better my paintings had gotten.
*Look at reflection in car window and flex every time crew*
*Use half the roll to wipe after a poo crew*
*Fart in the gym and blame rotten smell on faulty ventilation crew*
*Fart at home and blame it on the dog crew*
*Watch neutron-star density poop mock me as water flushes around it and it stays put crew*
*Drive 2 minutes in the summer and back of shirt gets completely wet crew*
*Coffee black as midnight on a moonless night crew*
*Fat shame my cat on a daily basis crew*
post 1631128253 02-11-2021, 09:35 AM
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nice work man, time to paint some famous miscers
post 1631131173 02-11-2021, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted By DrumsNotDead
nice work man, time to paint some famous miscers
Doubt I could paint a human, although that might add to the hilarity.
*Look at reflection in car window and flex every time crew*
*Use half the roll to wipe after a poo crew*
*Fart in the gym and blame rotten smell on faulty ventilation crew*
*Fart at home and blame it on the dog crew*
*Watch neutron-star density poop mock me as water flushes around it and it stays put crew*
*Drive 2 minutes in the summer and back of shirt gets completely wet crew*
*Coffee black as midnight on a moonless night crew*
*Fat shame my cat on a daily basis crew*
post 1631131353 02-11-2021, 10:17 AM
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Reps brah!!! thats pretty damn cool
post 1631131533 02-11-2021, 10:19 AM
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Very nice paintings!
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