Oil Painting Update

I had my 4th oil class this morning. The photo below is the still life I have been working on. It has a ways to go yet but I wanted to show you my progress. I in no way claim this to be all mine. My teacher (the Amazing Delah Mckay) has plenty of brushtime in this painting doing demos and helping me out of trouble, but I am really pleased with how much I am picking up. I probably have to more days of work on this one in class. In between classes I am going to start a few still life set ups at home and keep practicing.

Once I have a few paintings under my belt and get to a certain comfort level. I want to work on painting this mandolin of mine in a setup. I think it could be a wonderful painting.

Keep Makin' Art!

Carl

A New Journey Begins

Still life setup for class paintings.

First underpainting.

Next attempt... When happy with the shapes I started to put in shadows.

Still more progress. Basic shapes in, shadows added and started to work on background.

I finally started my journey into oil painting. I am taking classes with Delah McKay in her Nyack, NY studio on Saturdays. I am learning the basics of oil painting and still life from the ground up. This is a totally new medium to me and one I was totally intimidated by, but Delah is helping me get over that. I can not believe the progress I have made in two sessions. It turns out Oils feel like the right medium for me and I am really enjoying this new journey. I will post my progress on new paintings and what I am learning here.

I will never give up watercolor, but I love the idea of having other mediums that I am comfortable with and can work in.

Keep Makin' Art!

Carl