As you all know, I am not one who has had a formal training in any form of art, and not definitely in oil medium in particular. Oil medium is supposed to be a very versatile medium to paint in – that gives the artist maximum flexibility. But as with anything that is flexible, it is quite complex. Or so, it seems to me.
I will begin my journey in the oil medium, and we can learn together. I am not even sure at this point, if it is possible to learn oil painint with out any training or having guidance of a mentor. But I do believe, that everyone is capable of creating art. Oil medium is just that – in the end it is about expressing what one has to say or show.
In true sense, this will not be my first attempt at oil medium. About a year back, I did try two works.
The first one, was Thor:
As you can see, it was messy. The first coat took more than two weeks to dry. And nothing was coherent. I just left it at that.
I got a bit lucky with the second one.
This, Wolf And Rabbit, was better than the last one. But I think it was a ‘fluke’ or my luck that it came out decent. It ended up as a gift for a friend. The other one (Thor), I just packed it and sent it home before I came from India to US last month.
Well, past is past. This time around, I am planning to document each of my step and start out simple – nothing spectacular. And with that, we can learn the process for getting a good oil painting.
So, keep watching this space. Also, do use the comment form if you would like to drop in some suggestions or questions.
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