Friday, 18 December 2015

Texas Crude

19 December 2015, 11.00am

Finished off the Texas paintings with a coat of oil. I decided to not refer to the photos I’d taken and just use my new colour wheel to find the appropriate pigments for the final coat. It was unchartered territory for me, and very rewarding. I feel like my painting is finally approaching where I’ve been trying to push it over many years. Thanks to acrylics, of all things. Who’d a thunk it?

The first two were a bit flat, no doubt because I washed a lot of the acrylic ground off. I even put a second coat of oil on this first painting to try and lift it. Because it was so slick, the oil beaded on the surface and resulted in a random texturing.


“Silver Bend”
900x600          17/12/2015


“Pegasus”
900x600          12/12/2015


“Two Sheds”
900x600          17/12/2015


“Texan”

900x600          11/12/2015

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