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Oil on 7x5inch Woden panel


I am pleased to say I sold this piece today to someone who has become a bit of a collector of my works, as this is the 4th piece they have bought

Hi from England! Here's an iPad shot of my painting of Charlotte playing the part of Violet in a two-character play in London with my son Jonathan (separate painting). During the painting process I got some fantastic advice on here which I've executed and ended-up, I think, with a better painting as a result. Charlotte actually cried when she saw it - thankfully happy tears - because it reminded her of a successful production! I'm a late - very late - comer to oil painting but it's enhanced my retirement a hundred fold. I recommend it!  

Here are two child portraits that were painted recently. I was unfortunate enough to catch that miserable virus and was out of commission for over two weeks! I've been feeling better and wanted to get back to the easel and so produced these paintings. It wore me out a bit but was happy to be pushing the paint around once again. Both portraits measure 18" x 24". 

I was having trouble mixing my colors. This is my second painting using The Carder method. I could not tell what I was doing wrong, I never did get my colors the way I wanted. But I came back to this forum and found lots of advice and videos on color mixing that I feel I figured out what I was doing wrong. I just left this painting alone and will paint a different one.
I would like to thank anyone who posted paint mixing advice and videos, I really enjoy this forum it is making the journey much easier. It is so nice to see what others are painting as well.

Finished my very first painting today using the DMP method. Definitely lots of lessons learned and just understanding how to work with the paint took a fair amount of time. The number one lesson I kept in mind was to paint ugly and maintain the abstraction, so hopefully I did fairly well there. I do think I need to be more deliberate in my brush strokes, but overall I'm happy with the results. Onto the next canvas

The original photo:


I am going going to crop the image and will probably leave out the pole on the left because it pulls the viewer off the canvas.

This will work.

Stain canvas and will be working off basic grid lines with my proportional divider

Day 2:

Day 3: having fun and avoiding any shading at this time..mostly blocking and trying not to go into detail till all blocked in.

Day 3: love painting fabric and still resisting blending.

Day 4: Going to stop at blocking the hair for a few days.

Hi Everyone, this is my first attempt at painting roses. I think I still have some work to do on the shadow and background. Would love any feedback! (This painting is just for practice). 

I’ve tried to start with darks , working on cast shadows , changed up my background ( with burnt sienna and French  ultramarine and burnt umber / French ultramarine ) to try and get some light in there . It is only a first layer .
This is a new way to paint for me. Less detail, too.