First Time in Oil Painting

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This is my first blog post on here too!

We haven't been able to get my school books just yet, so while we were waiting, Ms. Mogatas (a friendly teacher that helped us choose our books) told us [my mom and I] to start up with Khan Academy, other websites and with my Art Elective, Oil Painting.

So this week, I decided to work on my oil painting things. Were all my stuff ready? Check (I don't have an easel though). Was my oil painting book bought? Check. So, I'm pretty much set.

My lesson book

Today's lesson was about understanding tone. Tone is basically how light or dark a color is. It's not to be confused with hue, which is about the color itself. It gives people an idea of what to the focus is on, since a human's eyes are usually attracted to light elements. With tone, depth and the illusion of being "three dimensional" happens.

Today's lesson (you might want to tilt your head though)

My still life models (what lovely little fruits)

Since I haven't gotten an easel (yet hopefully), here is my work area, a bench in our front yard.

I have to admit though, it was tougher than I expected. It seemed that I mixed too much linseed oil, the medium that I used for the paints, and used too much black which made very little, if any contrast in the painting.  In my disappointment, I just wiped the whole painting off the canvas. In the end, the places that I wiped off made for a good wash (background color).


After getting the hang of it, my first painting didn't turn out too bad, if I do say so myself.
Fresh after painting





A few hours later, after I re-touched it.


A lesson that I got from this, and the advice that my parents gave is: Don't use an orange next time. Use a different object with a more distinct shape, like a watermelon, strawberry or a banana, so that I don't get my painting mistaken  for some other fruit.

Finally, I slowly, but gradually, learned how to use the brushes, and mix three simple colors to make different tones: Burnt Sienna, Black and Titanium White.

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