Last week, I have painted probably one of the most expensive oil painting to date. You will see why. Click on the thumbnail to view a larger image and click here to view the real life composition.
So far, I have painted vegetables and fruits, sky and reservoir, teddy bear and human face, I have yet to try painting flowers. How difficult it was for me to paint flowers! There are just so much detail with the petals and stems, leaves and water.
This time, I calibrated both my viewfinder and the board that holds the oil painting tablet into a 8×8 grid so that I can replicate the composition as faithful to the reality as possible based on the coordinates of the objects. In layman’s term, it is much easier for me to paint the objects in the same way I see them through the viewfinder – for novice like myself in especially. It took me 45 minutes just to sketch the composition (which I am happy about). I made lots of mistake this time ended up have to scrap the oils time after time. I wanted to give up halfway because I did not have a clue on how to model the yellow and white flowers and how to fill in the gaps in between the stems.
Anyway, I managed to finish the painting. It is expensive because first, I paid two dollar for the flowers that cannot be consumed like vegetables and fruits. Cynthia looked at the bunch of flower over our meal and commented that they don’t look good nor smell nice. Well, it is no roses I suppose. Second, I have wasted a lot of paint on this and probably have to stock up more paints soon. Took me 4 hours to finish the painting. I wonder how much time I would spend on a canvas that is 4 times bigger.
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