Progress (more oil and water)

I stained my easel to black to help it match the furniture in my apartment. I like the look and it is easier to clean off the little paint marks I have a tendency to put on it.

I really do need to get a decent camera. Using the one on my cell phone is awful. The painting on the easel looks like the sky is black when it is actually several different shades of blue. Even the masking doesn’t look quite right.

The painting on the easel is acrylic and the “red” on the floor is oil. I’ve finally got the acrylic to flow like I wanted and it has really helped to get more of a “slick” finish that I appreciate in my oil… with far less drying time. The “red” on the floor has been drying for over a week! If I am going to keep doing oil then I will have to pick up the volume of work in order to keep from being so impatient.

~ by Preston on February 24, 2009.