Saturday, February 26, 2011

Painting impresions wet into wet with oil



Shoshone Falls Snake River Plateaus Idaho oil on panel 24 x 49 inches

Painting oil in an impressionistic style is painting on fast forward. Things happen so fast you have to recognize those single brush strokes that jump off the canvas. Then the trick is to leave those areas undisturbed. It took me years and many overworked never to be seen paintings to learn that. I hope in some small way my illustration 1 thru 6 above helps to depict this process. I'll spend more time building a frame then it took me to paint it.
  



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