Today I painted, 4th straight day! The picture of the orange slices from yesterday was my subject. I did the background first....and once again, was disappointed before I even started on the actual subject. My issue? Paint brush marks that look like I let a preschooler do the background. Too much safflower oil? I don't know. But hey, check out the awesome deal on the safflower oil - I found a bunch of "mediums" on the clearance shelf at Hobby Lobby...reg $8.99, sale $0.89, I spent $10 and got enough medium to keep me going till the cows come home (I'm assuming cows roam forever). So I decided to mop up some of the extra paint with a smidge of folded paper towel. I was so pleased I paper-toweled the entire background, and blurred the horizon line, which I also found pleasing. Shown also in the photo is my crazy small palette, a plastic lid. My Delaplaine oil painting instructor (shout out to Jan McIntyre-Creager) seemed perplexed by my choice of a small disposable palette. One day, if the painting is large enough, perhaps I'll bust out and use a decent-sized palette.
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| The Photo - orange slices from China Garden Restaurant |
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| The finished painting, note how the paper towel mopped up the brush strokes. I also note here that I missed some prime detail on the slices by not including little whitish indents where each section meets the rind. Next time.... |
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| Messy brush-strokes, yuck! |
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| The starting line-up, traced printed pic, palette, oil, small stiff brush. |
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