I have completed 3 paintings. All of skulls… The first one flowed so natural and it was right on par with my usual style. Then the second painting I did… I couldn’t get any of the colors right and then I got frustrated and decided to follow my old painting teacher’s advice. I stood back for a moment and then walked away for 2 weeks! I picked it up last night and it flowed out. I love it… it still smacks of my usual style but it is so smooth and not dark at all. The last painting was really small. Its a yellow skull with purple flowers. I need to get super gaudy frames for them. I feel so alive!!! I am working on two other paintings: a painting with hearts, birds, flowers, and my daughter’s hand print (for my mom’s b-day) and the last in the skull series. So excited to get started on it! I’ll add the pictures when my camera is fixed! :-)
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3 paintings in!!!
5 months ago
Ready set paint!!!
6 months ago
I went and bought all the supplies I needed. I could use a few more paint colors. I had forgotten a lot of technique when I sat down to paint. I learned on oils and have always loved oils. I finished my first painting “puppethead” It totally is creepy as ever, yo! But when I set outside to dry it fell down on the ground… paint side first (of course) and had dust and plant matter on it… I am gonna wait for it to dry to remove it. o noes! I have an idea for my next three paintings.
I love skulls and I love dia de la muertos art. SO I am painting a series of three skulls with flowers in the style of dia de la muertos. It’ll be a big change because I usually do super dark paintings.
X] I forgot linseed oil, ugh!
