I've caved and bought Oil paints!
H2Oils to be exact, since I really do not want to mess with turpentine indoors, and I think I'm in love.
Man, it's SO much easier to blend and soften edges!
Canvas board (30x40 I think), acrylic (slightly sloppy since I was pretty sure the first attempt would be an epic FAIL...) underpainting, and 3 layers of oils so far.
I slightly messed up near the nose (rubbed half dry paint, not good) but I hope no one will notice.
Reference picture is visible and as you can see not very big (and a bit grainy too), normally I'm really picky about my reference pictures, but this old Diever-doggie passed away recently, and belonged to friends (who don't know I'm painting him..I actually don't think they know I paint at all. So I hope that they'll like the package that they'll be getting in the mail, and I hope I didn't send them the link to my DA account, but I'm pretty sure I didn't.)
Also in the picture: pallet, empty jam jar with water, linseed oil.
So, bunch of layers need to be added, as I'm simultaneously figuring out the best way to do things in H2Oils.
I can really clean my brushes with water and soap, but as I just tried out, I can also use linseed oil to thin the stuff (which is how I made the finer hair details in the coat).
And in my case the much longer drying time - compared to acrylics - isn't really a down side either. It takes about 5 days for 1 layer to dry enough to paint over.
Does anyone know how long I need to wait and let it dry, before I spray it with varnish (when it's finished)
Last but not least a big thank you to all the DA-ers who were generous with their advice
`ChewedKandi has certainly gone out of her way to keep the vector community on the right path. Always making sure that her talents are infinitely scalable, Sharon has put her bezier curves to excellent use, and firmly anchored herself as an inspirational leader. We're absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for June 2013 to `ChewedKandi. Congratulations, Sharon! Read More
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I very much doubt my work will end up in some museum anyway, even the idea of it makes me giggle and roll my eyes.
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