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This one reminds me of Bagheera ;] from "The Jungle Book"
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Many thanks for all the favs Viko. This one got painted over, I didn't think it worked as a composition.
I'm currently working on a tiger (oils on canvas) for my girlfriend's daughter (Christmas present).
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No problem. It's always a pleasure viewing a beautiful gallery like yours.Can wait to see the tiger. By the way do u know where can I get some oil painting tips, because my teacher couldn't tell me anything and I feel that I'm missing something important.
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For sure. Traditional oils take ages to dry so I use Alkyds.
These are oils with Alkyd resin ready mixed.
eg. Winsor & Newton GRIFFIN alkyd.
I never use bristle brushes and prefer nylon (fake sable)
eg. Royal Taklon for all sizes.
Never start on white. I use a mid grey or a light brown-grey.
I paint in the darker areas with a dark grey then add the colours. Last are the high lights and deep shadows.
Avoid using pure white or pure black, it just looks like paint and spoils the illusion.
Lots of Titanium white & a tiny bit of Cadmium yellow deep make better white.
Mix black with Raw Umber & Ultramarine.
Hope this is helpful, I'll think of some more soon.
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Oh so that was it.. I knew that they dry slowly, but I'd never supposed that it would take me almost a week to put the next layer on haha (and that really got on my nerves )
You were extremely helpful , my friend ! Thank you for the attention and the tips. Especially the one about the alkyd thing, because I wondered and wondered how the hell these people have the patience and are so accurate in the details, when they have to wait for a week until the oil dries. I'll be glad to learn more!
P.S. Why do you prefer not working on white canvas? I've seen/read that some people tend to use the unpainted parts of the canvas for high lights.
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Aklyds dry alot slower than acrylic but you can't blend them after half hour or so. If it's hot like in Spain you have to work pretty fast. If there's a large area that needs fine blending it's probably wise to add some oil paints linseed oil to slow up the drying.
Starting on a mid colour or grey makes judging tones and intensity of colour easier.
You end up using much less paint apart from the initial ground and the paint goes on easier,gracefully, without having to work it into the canvas. You can shade with the pressure of the brush.
If you want a luminous high-light you can paint it white then glaze with transparent colour after it's dry.
These are just my own working methods.
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Well a hour isn't that much. Especially for me, because I tend to draw pretty slow (: I've never heard about the linseed thing but it sounds very reasonable. Have you ever used this method on a large canvas?
Working step by step is really useful. Unfortunately I haven't learned yet to control my emotions and usually make one and the same mistake: do precisely only a part of the drawing without considering the other part of the image.
Well they're not "just" your methods :] Don't be modest. You've shared with me very valuable experience and information.Few would do the same.
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OK. Alkyds touch dry over night, I ment you can't blend them after an hour.
Maybe a combination of Alkyds and oil paint. If you like to take your time (I work very fast)then maybe just use white alkyd to mix with regular oil colours.
With oils the earth colours (Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, raw Sienna..) dry quicker than white or red anyway. Red I remember took just AGES to dry.
Best thing is to get 2 or 3 alkyd colours and experiment. See how long you can blend them for before it gets too tacky and how long they take to dry mixed with regular oils. Warm or cold room etc..
If you find you run out of time add more oil paint.
Another tip: a roll of Grease-proof paper like you get for baking is the ideal palette.
Disposable, exactly the same as but vastly cheaper than the "Vegetable parchement" pads the art shops sell. Much easier to judge colour mixing than on a paint encrusted wooden palette.
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Oh yes ;] Sorry I didn't read carefully. Even though, a night isn't bad at all ( compared to a week ).
Well, I don't like to take my time, it's just that even if I try to do sth fast, in the end I find myself working on it over a week or two ( or month and so - it depends ). Maybe the reason is that I usually don't have a clear concept of what I intend doing.
By the way won't the white alkyd change the colour of the oil paint if I mix them?
I'm not pretentious to the palette . I usually find some useless stuff in the lumber room: box covers etc. ;D Does the kind of palette affects seriously the colour judgement?
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No, Alkyd is oil paint with a faster drying resin mixed in. It has all the luminosity and vibrancy of oil paint (unlike acrylic) but dries quicker.
If you're happy with bits of junk from the garage for palettes then even better. Watch out for dust though.
I like a roll of grease proof mainly 'cos you never run out of space to mix. No scraping or cleaning..transfering blobs of paint to a new palette..
It only affects colour judgement if you're mixing a glaze or translucent colour, in which case I'd only mix that on a clean white palette.
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Aha. The thing in oil painting which charms me most is exactly the vibrancy of the colours !
I prefer being more practical. Because on the one hand I can't afford top quality mediums of art and on the other I believe that this is one of the best ways to improve your skills and develop your creativity.
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Yes & no, because being practical means taking the most cost effective but efficent route to making what you want.
Over the years I've learnt how to cut corners without compromising the tools you need.
For instance, you don't need a huge range of colours in tubes.
No more than ten of the right colours will mix anything you need.
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I can't agree more with you. If you have at least some skills in blending colours( I have always wondered why the hell the word : colour always gets underlined by the XP spell checker), you don't need anything else but the main ones in the tubes.
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because amerericans spell colour without the u.
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American English spelling has always seemed quite dull to me
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it's their pronounciation that throws me.
Aluminium. The yanks say Aloominum etc..
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Thank you 
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The background is very fitting for the black panther. Almost ominous, and the expression on the panther is almost sorrow. Lovely!
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