Paintings

[idrivejunk]

Me three, thats a nice work of art. Acrylics were my favorite at the Art Institute.

[phat46]

Me three, thats a nice work of art. Acrylics were my favorite at the Art Institute.

I like the acrylics now, but really struggled at first, I basically had to unlearn the techniques for oils and learn acrylics. I still can't paint a sky I like but with the oils skies were my forte' and I enjoyed doing them. Here's an example of an oil landscape with a decent sky,  I can't get that now, but I'm improving, luckily car pictures don't need a lot f sky! 😄

[idrivejunk]

I see what you mean, thats a dramatic sky. I cut my teeth on watercolors so gouache was a natural transition. Only did as much oil as class required but I sure did like it. Acrylics lend themselves well to certain types of illustrations and let you do anything from a wash to a pile but they are plastic-y and do require a modified skill set. By the way I think your style in this deuce painting is unique, pleasant, and marketable especially if you bear interior decor themes in mind. The blend of impressionistic with realistic is just right by me. Nothing wrong with some tightly rendered details in and around the focal point, they draw a car guy in and keep attention longer. Keep painting!

[phat46]

I see what you mean, thats a dramatic sky. I cut my teeth on watercolors so gouache was a natural transition. Only did as much oil as class required but I sure did like it. Acrylics lend themselves well to certain types of illustrations and let you do anything from a wash to a pile but they are plastic-y and do require a modified skill set. By the way I think your style in this deuce painting is unique, pleasant, and marketable especially if you bear interior decor themes in mind. The blend of impressionistic with realistic is just right by me. Nothing wrong with some tightly rendered details in and around the focal point, they draw a car guy in and keep attention longer. Keep painting!

When I used oil I had used wet on wet technique, blending is easy, and as you know that doesn't work very well, if at all, with acrylics. I have improved, by much practice, my skills with acrylics, doing things like skies. I had to unlearn the oil stuff first though. I am teaching myself, so it's the blind leading the blind. 😄 I also have tried to loosen up the backgrounds since they are not the main focus of the painting. Here is one that, while the background is bright, it doesn't seem to detract from the subject. I literally just scumbled the bright colors on in less than a minute.

[rumrumm]

We need "LIKE" buttons!

[kb426]

What was the reason for changing paints? Water based and easier cleanup?

[phat46]

What was the reason for changing paints? Water based and easier cleanup?

The oil wet on wet technique didn't lend itself to the type of paintings I wanted to try. I had tried a couple car paintings and it wasn't working. I'm sure a more competent artist could do it but I couldn't. I saw what was being done with acrylics and tried it and had some success. I have to do several layers to achieve certain effects and oils take too long to dry for that. The picture of the rusty coupe I posted has about seven layers on the body to achieve the look I wanted.  I really like both types of paint, but for different things, I doubt I could paint a decent landscape with acrylics, and I know I can't paint cars with oil! 😀

[kb426]

^^^^^
Thank you for that info. It might keep me from appearing ignorant someday.

[58 Yeoman]

*...you're good. And...I learned another new word today, scumbled.

[phat46]

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LOL, not sure if I spelled it right, but it is an actual technique, fast loose brushwork, hold the brush loosely and about halfway up the handle and randomly and quickly apply paint!

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Very nice.  That is a talent I do not have.