My Path in Oil Painting.

Hi everyone!

A discussion with @ranartblog gave me the desire to take stock of my path in oil painting.

I will always remember my first attempt : it was in 2016 (or 2017?), I did a painting of Amanda Seyfried :

I didn't had canvas at that time, I simply used a thick drawing paper, and some oil paintings that I bought for the occasion.
I didn't had place too, so I put a big newspaper on my bed and starting to paint into it lol.

I was very proud of this painting, as it was my first attempt, and given the limited means I had.

After, I continue some others attemps, still on paper. Very quickly I realize how limited it was, because it give a rough aspect, not pleasant, and especially not adapted: the paper crumpled very quickly.

So, I tried to be more professionnal and buy canva.

Hmm.. I thought naively that it would solve all my problems 😆

I found the canva very difficult to manage. I didn't know yet that we must use a base on the canvas to make the painting easier to manage.
So... I didn't remember clearly but I think that at this moment, I was asking myself if the paper wasn't easily, finally 🤣

So, this next painting was made with a canva, without base and without knowledge about all of it.

And... I hate it so much!

I don't think I already present this painting on steemit, because I never liked it ; first, the proportions are uncorrect, and I saw it too late.
As you can see on the photo reference :

It was all the more a disappointment for me that I wanted to paint Lana del Rey, my idol at the time... fail 🤣

Also, I had a lot of difficulty to make this painting for the reasons I mentioned, but also due to the fact that I could not manage the paint, the flows, the mixtures, ... all this gives a very dull result.

It was all the more frustrating because with my very first painting, I was able to handle it all so easily. Maybe it was beginner's luck?

My second attempt on canva was the painting of a forest.
After the trauma of the first attempt with canva, this time I learned about oil painting more seriously and I bought base to put on the canva, before painting.
And it was so much more easy.
I could feel the paint sliding on the canvas.

But, despite everything, I was moderately satisfied with this painting. Again, it looks dull, I was kind of stingy with the amount of paint. It still looks like a beginner in many ways.

And that's all !

After that, I didn't do any more tests.

One thing that demotivated me was the infrastructure required for oil painting. At the time, I had been told that I had to clean my brushes with white spirit, the smell was unbearable.
But after talking with @ranartblog, I now know that we can simply use dishwashing liquid, it works on all oils and greases.

So... now I'm tempted to start again. I don't know when yet, it will require some small adjustments, but I really want to get back to the pleasures of oil painting :)

Thank you for reading, see you soon for next creations! 😊