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Saffy-in-the-Clouds — faces like mine
Published: 2011-01-06 21:46:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 605; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 3
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This is my second oil painting ever!
I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. The original idea was for her to be holding strange in her right hand, but I thought, maybe that would complicated the picture too much.. but yeah, over the course of three months, I learned many things about oil painting, such as layering color, using a binder of linseed oil and turpentine, and some other cool effects. I hope you enjoy!
And of course, any comments will be appreciated.
Oil on canvas, 18x24 inches. About 30 hours.
Character, Art © Lining Wang.
Watermark because it's for scholastic.
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Comments: 10
Wow, I always love seeing oil paintings done on DA. It's cool to see people step out of their normal work.
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well, this is probably going to become my normal work for the rest of my high school art career.
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For your portfolio?
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Pretty much, yeah. :3
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this is really awesome~ i love oils as well~ Although i have only used it once to paint a portrait. its sooo smooth~ <3 I love it way more than acrylics which is much more "rough"
Although i think you did a too much detail in the background because it is shifting the focus from the person to the things beside her.
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Thanks hon. Actually, I was careful to use more colds in the background to make it recede, as well as faded coloring, and there's pretty much just the rocks, some trees,a river, and a fence, lol.
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yeah, but it is not just colors, its about the saturation and detail as well. c:
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Okay, well, I tried to make it less detailed (fade into the background and such), but I'm still trying to grasp a lot of the painting fundamentals. :3
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