Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Thu, May 31, 2012 1:03 PM Professor G everyone read that one day you would come here and cook for us. Deal, the Buzzy bedroom is waiting for you! hang10tiki here comes the painting. I'm not any faster painting a picture than I am at doing ceramics. It is a matter of one step at a time. Progress Report on the Wish List: I checked on the Creature today and he's still drying slowly. It's going to be 100 degrees so maybe the swamp water will evaporate a bit more. Yesterday I started my painting for Oasis 12. I'll show you all my steps as I bring it to life. If you ever wanted to paint I will do it as if I'm teaching you how. Even though I'm an armature I do know a lot of steps. In a painting you always start with whatever is furthest away from you and then work forward. So I start with the sky and ocean. First off I tend to hoard some things but I try to use them too. I save the plastic lids from cottage cheese and cans of coffee. I use them to mix paints. What's great is that once I use one side after it dries I can flip it use the other side and then toss it out when I'm done. I added a bit of water so that the paint was easier to spread. A spray bottle works great for adding small amounts. After I finished painting this canvas I ran my fingers around the edges to remove any accumulation so it would stay flat. The first blue paint was straight out of the tube. If I'm going to mix colors then I make enough for what I need for that portion of the painting. I have all my 35mm film containers from before digital became popular. They work great. The stick end of a paint brush works well for stirring and a paper towel takes it all right back off. I started the sky and then I put down a strip of painters tape where I wanted the sky to meet ocean. I measured to make sure my ocean wasn't going uphill. After I finished the sky I removed the tape. You get a sharper edge if it comes off with wet paint. If the paint dries sometimes some will pull off your painting. I did a little purple on the clouds for fun. Now I need to think this through before I take the next step. I hope you day is sunny but not too hot, Wendy

Professor G everyone read that one day you would come here and cook for us. Deal, the Buzzy bedroom is waiting for you!

hang10tiki here comes the painting. I'm not any faster painting a picture than I am at doing ceramics. It is a matter of one step at a time.

Progress Report on the Wish List:

I checked on the Creature today and he's still drying slowly. It's going to be 100 degrees so maybe the swamp water will evaporate a bit more.

Yesterday I started my painting for Oasis 12. I'll show you all my steps as I bring it to life. If you ever wanted to paint I will do it as if I'm teaching you how. Even though I'm an armature I do know a lot of steps. In a painting you always start with whatever is furthest away from you and then work forward. So I start with the sky and ocean.

First off I tend to hoard some things but I try to use them too. I save the plastic lids from cottage cheese and cans of coffee. I use them to mix paints. What's great is that once I use one side after it dries I can flip it use the other side and then toss it out when I'm done.

I added a bit of water so that the paint was easier to spread. A spray bottle works great for adding small amounts. After I finished painting this canvas I ran my fingers around the edges to remove any accumulation so it would stay flat.

The first blue paint was straight out of the tube. If I'm going to mix colors then I make enough for what I need for that portion of the painting. I have all my 35mm film containers from before digital became popular. They work great. The stick end of a paint brush works well for stirring and a paper towel takes it all right back off.

I started the sky and then I put down a strip of painters tape where I wanted the sky to meet ocean. I measured to make sure my ocean wasn't going uphill.

After I finished the sky I removed the tape. You get a sharper edge if it comes off with wet paint. If the paint dries sometimes some will pull off your painting.

I did a little purple on the clouds for fun. Now I need to think this through before I take the next step.

I hope you day is sunny but not too hot, Wendy

Post #638706 by danlovestikis on Thu, May 31, 2012 1:03 PM