"Daisies and Strawberries"

6" x 6" oil on gessoboard
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I've resurfaced after over a week's absence.  I've really been itching to paint more but life gets in the way sometimes.  Here's my second attempt at an oil painting.  I've signed up for four weekly oil painting classes to glean some knowledge from an experienced instructor hoping to jump start the learning process.  She has been very helpful.  I started this one in class and finished it today at home.  I'm not totally in love with oils yet but I certainly am smitten!  Lots of fun!  I'm seeing many possibilities that acrylics could never offer.  

Now I'm wondering how long these little guys will take to dry... what to do if someone actually buys one and I have to ship it... from what I've read on other blogs, I think about three weeks.  I know some artists choose not to varnish, some do, some (like me) need to figure all this out!

Stay tuned, more oils to come...

"Hydrangeas"

6" x 6" oil on gessoboard
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Another new adventure!  This is my first attempt to complete an oil painting.  I've been eyeballing these Hydrangeas in my neighbor's yard and had an opportunity today to get permission to swipe a few.  These big complicated flowers were probably a bit ambitious for my first attempt but sometimes I'm kinda crazy like that.

Whew! Handling oil is certainly nothing like acrylic!  But, I think once I figure out how to do some things I'm going to love it.  I see a million things wrong with this but, like I've said before, my intention is to record my progress and include the good and the bad.

With my fast drying acrylics I've been putting my little paintings on the flatbed scanner and easily getting high resolution images.  Can't do that with wet oils so now I'm faced with struggling with my camera and sketchy photo skills. More things to master...  

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