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Sunday, September 11, 2011

New Oils

I am taking online lessons with Paintbasket  on how to paint with oils.  I have learned heaps so far. I can tell there are at least six things wrong with this painting so in theory the next one I do will be perfect Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!  On the other hand, there's probably six things right with it also.  We'll say there are anyway :D

This is the first oil I did with Paintbasket.  I am pretty happy with it for a first attempt.  I loooved learning how to paint dewdrops.

 This one I did unaided, except for the sky.  That was my first ever lesson in oils.  I painted the Frigate bird over the practice sky. (The photo is a bit too blue)

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

This was an experiment with a sea sponge. I inked around the "flowers", added the leaves and vase and painted them in later.
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Japanese Maple

I added some gold highlights to the leaves.
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This was an experiment in ink and wash. The ink ran but I like the effect.
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Boats at sunset

This was done for a challenge on Paint My Photo.com Of course it didn't win, you should see the competition!! but I like it and had great fun doing it. That's all that counts :)
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Watercolor impression

One of first attempts at a new (for me) medium. Having loads of fun with it. Need lots of practice so please make allowances for lack of skill.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010