Oil Painting for Beginners

I'm familiar to working in Acrylics and adore working with Gouache Watercolours but I was super excited to try something new. I'd always been intimidated by Oils but this beginners course seemed like a great place to start.

After watching lessons and completing the exercises I wanted to start with a few small small still life paintings. Ale did a great job of demystifying how to paint with Oil's and I was keen to have a go!

For my final piece I set myself a few goals. I wanted to paint something in each of the Primary colours (Red, Blue and Yellow) and a variety of forms. I love travelling so I picked a Sarubobo Doll, some dwarf sunflowers because I adore Van Gogh's work, a polaroid from Scottish Highlands and a François Pompon Polar Bear from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. I also wanted to try and paint a patterned fabric which turned out to be one of my favourite plaid shirts. Just look at all those tones!

I feel that from this course and final piece I really had started understand how to manipulate the paint effectively. I'd never used Oil Paints until I took this course from Ale and I thoroughly enjoyed myself and overcame my fears! There is a richness to Oils as a medium that was a delight to discover and I can see how with more practice and patience it is possible to achieve some fantastic results.

All great fun and I can't wait to learn more!😁