Here is another oil painting I finished today. Yes, I finished two oil paintings within a few hours of each other. Oil paint is a very easy paint to manipulate. You can brush it over wet paint, you can wait to dry and brush into dry work, you can combine the techniques. Oil painting is complicated in some ways when it comes to mediums and solvents, but in its application, oil painting can be the most forgiving of the painting mediums. This painting has both techniques I mentioned in this post. The sky was completely dry when I painted the clouds in and the mountains were very wet when I painted the highlights. As you can see, both work well, it is just a matter of practicing enough to get comfortable with the techniques as well as the paint you use. Oil paint and really, all painting supplies vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. French Ultramarine for one brand acts and looks a bit different then another so it is really important that you understand the paint you use. It will help make your learning curve just a bit easier.
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