Feb 21
Yes, I finally got off my lazy ass and did a new oil painting.
Riverside - oil on box canvas - 16" x 12"
I also recorded the entire painting process which I’ll hopefully be uploading to YouTube shortly, as a ten minute video, although it’s a biiiig file as I’ve kept it at 640 pixels wide rather than the usual teeny tiny 320 pixels wide. I’ll post again when the video is up and running.
I really enjoyed doing the (now sold) ink drawing I called ‘House by the Lake’. I’ve now started a v2.0 of said drawing using A3 watercolour paper and a 0.1 Liner pen. It’s going slowly, but surely:
Although I have to admit, I’m dreading that big tree on the left and the dark background. It’s taken about 3hrs of drawing to do what you see above! I love ink sketches like this, but sometimes I just don’t have the patience for it! 
New oil landscape, a big ‘un too – 19″ x 14″!
Hiding From The Storm. Oil on paper, 19" x 14"
It’ll take several days to dry, but once it’s dry it’ll go up for sale on eBay, miniGallery etc…
TIP: you can click the image above to see a larger version.
I first came across the wet-in-wet technique (sometimes called wet-on-wet) while watching reruns of Bob Ross’s Joy of Painting show.
Wet-in-wet is where you cover the canvas with a thin spread of ‘liquid white‘ making the canvas slippery and allowing the oil paint to easily slide across the canvas, mix with the liquid white, and be much easier to blend.
Unfortunately, liquid white is a secret recipe and quite expensive to buy, since it’s Bob Ross branded, but… you can make your own liquid white substitute. Here’s how I do it:
Yep, another day, another item. This time it’s Lakeside House, which is ink on watercolour paper:
Lakeside House, up for sale on eBay, starting at only £5!
For all my items, currently available, check the Auctiva box to the right hand side of the page.
Good luck!
I’ve put three of my paintings up on eBay for auction. The starting price is a mere £5, no reserve, so you could end up grabbing yourself an absolute bargain here! The three paintings are:
We Are Sailing
T-rex
Sparrow
More paintings will be going up soon, so bookmark my ‘other items‘ page to see more, as and when they go up!
Created just yesterday:
We Are Sailing - oil on canvas paper - 19" x 14"
It will be up for sale, shortly, on miniGallery.
This is the largest oil painting I’ve done thus far, a touch wider than A3 this is oil on canvas paper.
Enjoying The Scenery - A3 - Oil on Canvas Paper
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