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Oh look, my very first Oil Painting! Yaaaayyyy
Hopefully, my Art teacher likes this
Even though it's actually practice
I still hope she likes it
This thing took around two entire weeks to paint
And that doesn't count all 50 of the toothpicks I used to do the bark patterning
And the crap ton of paint that ended up going into this thing
But honestly
I'm still proud of myself
Especially since I mean it when I say this is my very first oil painting
Thank god I did some practice with Waterpaints and acrylics the year before I even touched this one
Mainly because this was more of a first hand/art ref combination using a photograph I took at my Aunt's place in South Africa of the sunrise and a Easy Poser app for the girl's pose and my old character Anichka as a reference
So yeah, the planning took quite alot of time
Since the background had to come first then the character I wanted to use
And even then, I couldn't decide on what character
Originally I was gonna go for a girl from one of SA's tribes, namely one from the Nebele tribe or one from the Pedi tribe, but decided to scrap it because there was the issue of doing such tiny detail with such a thick paint
I was also considering doing a Native American woman, then a Native American man, but again, ran into the same detail problem since almost all the tribes I could find possessed traditional jewelry and clothing with such intricate details that just couldn't be done in such a thick and tar like paint
Much like our South African tribes(hell, all you gotta do is look at our people's huts to get an idea on how much we love pretty details and don't get me started with our people's jewelry, or the traditional dress...lets just say, the more time consuming it is to draw...the better, that's just the South African way)
So in the end, I just gave up and flipped through my characters instead
Going with Anichka cuz well, as you can see, her design is simple, but elegant at the same time
Even is she doesn't do the painting as much justice to the piece as my previous options would've but in the end I don't really care
As long as it's in on Sunday
And as long as it looks presentable enough to show to my art teacher
But I hope you guys like it

Description
Oh look, my very first Oil Painting! Yaaaayyyy
Hopefully, my Art teacher likes this
Even though it's actually practice
I still hope she likes it
This thing took around two entire weeks to paint
And that doesn't count all 50 of the toothpicks I used to do the bark patterning
And the crap ton of paint that ended up going into this thing
But honestly
I'm still proud of myself
Especially since I mean it when I say this is my very first oil painting
Thank god I did some practice with Waterpaints and acrylics the year before I even touched this one
Mainly because this was more of a first hand/art ref combination using a photograph I took at my Aunt's place in South Africa of the sunrise and a Easy Poser app for the girl's pose and my old character Anichka as a reference
So yeah, the planning took quite alot of time
Since the background had to come first then the character I wanted to use
And even then, I couldn't decide on what character
Originally I was gonna go for a girl from one of SA's tribes, namely one from the Nebele tribe or one from the Pedi tribe, but decided to scrap it because there was the issue of doing such tiny detail with such a thick paint
I was also considering doing a Native American woman, then a Native American man, but again, ran into the same detail problem since almost all the tribes I could find possessed traditional jewelry and clothing with such intricate details that just couldn't be done in such a thick and tar like paint
Much like our South African tribes(hell, all you gotta do is look at our people's huts to get an idea on how much we love pretty details and don't get me started with our people's jewelry, or the traditional dress...lets just say, the more time consuming it is to draw...the better, that's just the South African way)
So in the end, I just gave up and flipped through my characters instead
Going with Anichka cuz well, as you can see, her design is simple, but elegant at the same time
Even is she doesn't do the painting as much justice to the piece as my previous options would've but in the end I don't really care
As long as it's in on Sunday
And as long as it looks presentable enough to show to my art teacher
But I hope you guys like it