Hi from Ireland, im just starting oil painting now.

matty_k

hi

Im just going to start oil painting now, and i am going to use the draw mix paint website as my guide to get started. the instruction looks like just what i need.  i bought the geneva oil paint pack today, because it looks like it will eliminate a lot of the fuss for me starting out.

up until now i have been working with charcoal and pastels 
here are a couple of my portraits.

Boudicca

Hi @matty_k, welcome 

Summer

Hi @matty_k.  Welcome to our forum.  You are getting excellent realistic results already from what you have just shown us here.  Summer

Richard_P

Brilliant portraits, welcome!

matty_k

thanks very much.  looks like this is a quite active forum. im looking forward to chatting more about oil painting here.  

i have considered oil painting to be a milestone to aim for, and im glad to say that i feel im finally ready to take it on. 

BOB73

Welcome Matty. The pastels are terrific. But be warned, starting with oils don't expect to get terrific results the first time. You'll have to get used to a new way of doing things and looking at things. You are accustomed to pastels so it is like petting a poodle. Jumping in with oils will be like wrestling an alligator... at least at first. Good Luck.

dencal

matty_k

Welcome to the Forum.

Great work on the portraits.

Denis

anwesha

very beautiful work... hope you have fun with oils too

tassieguy

Hi, @matty_k. You already draw really well. I am sure your going to take to oil painting like a duck to water. Welcome to the forum. 

Julianna

Welcome and such lovely work!  Thank you for sharing and I cannot wait for your posts.

marieb

@matty_k, welcome to the forum, I am from Ireland also, Dundalk. Marks method of painting makes  colour checking and tonal value evaluation easy, you can already do this so you will have a ball

oilpainter1950

You will enjoy the trip.  Welcome to the forum.

michalis

Great portraits, welcome to the forum!