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Oleem In reply to msklystron [2010-07-26 03:05:46 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it. I think I finally figured out how to layer oils! Now if only I could be motivated to do it more often ;D

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msklystron In reply to Oleem [2010-07-26 03:22:20 +0000 UTC]

Layering oils is tricky. If you don't do it right the colours turn drab and the whole thing (over time) looks like the badlands. Layering acrylics is tricky too for different reasons. Done well its cool, like the work of this artist: [link]

As for doing it more often. School kind of forces you to work according to whatever has the closest deadline. The real test begins when you set creative problems for yourself to solve in your own timeline.

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Oleem In reply to msklystron [2010-07-27 00:57:51 +0000 UTC]

I love layering acrylics. Oils are far more annoying. You actually have to pay attention to the thickness of the paint so that it won't end up cracking. Turpentine is more expensive and headache-inducing than water. And it's harder to get rid of mistakes.

...Now I kind of want to get out my acrylics! But I'm still far too much of a procrastinator. Maybe going back to school won't be such a bad thing.

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msklystron In reply to Oleem [2010-07-27 01:29:27 +0000 UTC]

It's been a long time, but turps (which I'm allergic to) thin the oils and make it dry a little faster. Linseed oil (which is the same oil in which the pigment is suspended) thins the paint but slows drying time.

Both oils and acrylics have certain pigments that are just naturally more translucent: alizarin crimson, lemon (hansa cool light) yellow, phthalo (dark warm) blue. This is good to know when you're layering. No fat over lean to worry about with acrylics is a bonus, but once you've applied a layer of acrylic, and it has dried, it's pretty impossible to remove... I've learned.

Ah, why not just take it easy, read the books you choose to read, see movies, hang out with friends... That stuff is so hard to do when school starts again.

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Oleem In reply to deaths-discomfort [2010-04-08 04:26:59 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, I'm glad you think so.

I'll take a better picture one of these days. I'm probably going to get a new camera. The one I have right now doesn't focus properly once you get more than a few feet away

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Oleem In reply to TheNecco [2010-04-08 04:25:18 +0000 UTC]

Really? I will take one, someday

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