Painting With Oils Again

I finished another oil painting and I am so very, very pleased with it.

Oil paintings take me so much longer to complete than acrylic paintings that I end up putting many, many hours into them.

Every time I am finished with a painting session, I have paint all over my hands and clothes. Consequently, I now have designated oil painting clothes!

I also find it interesting how my color palette in oils is so very different than when I paint in acrylics. It's so much more subdued and subtle.  I like both for different reasons - the happy, strong colors and the soft, muted ones.

Because this is a recycled canvas, the molding paste and paper collage I used for the previous painting give this new one plenty of excellent texture.

This girl has attitude. For a while she was looking quite angry, which really didn't go with the cup in her hand. I toned that down some, but not all the way. A little attitude is good, right?

The Offering12 x 16 inch oil on canvas

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Wishing you all a wonderful weekend ahead. We are having the best weather here and I hope you are, too!!

With lots of love and happy wishes,

❧ Silke