At last! A week
that has gone fantastically well, despite storms and earthquakes!
On Monday, I was gardening and wearing my new
gardening gloves that are necessary because of psoriasis. Looking at them I thought I wonder? They were made of thin cotton and had a
plastic coating on the palms and fingertips. So in I went and got out my oil painting stuff
and hey presto it was lunch time and my hands didn’t get sweaty and they
protected my rashy bits! Yay, I can use
my oils again! The above small painting (12 x12 Inches) is the result,
still a work in progress.
I have got used to my acrylics, but for big paintings I
just haven’t got comfortable using them.
I still love using acrylics in my journal and on canvas boards. But I so missed using them on big paintings.
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So this week I have been playing with my oils again
and I am very happy. The earthquake on
Monday at 4 0’clock threw my equilibrium out a bit, it went on for a long time
and several things came crashing down, no wonder it was 6.2 and the epicenter
was 30 km away! I was a gibbering fool
for the rest of the day and next morning when I saw the damage it had done
around town. But heyho we get over these
things.
Tuesday afternoon I got out one of my old abandoned
oils (there are lots of them!)
This painting I started in June last year, and has
been littering a corner in my bedroom ever since as I got stuck. So, I painted
over it, within no time I had this. It
is a large canvas about 30 x 36 inches.
I had to let it dry for a day so yesterday (Thursday) and this
morning I did more work and have got this far.
While writing this I realized why I felt uncomfortable
with acrylics for big paintings. With
oils you have to wait for the paint to dry if you work like I do in layers or
glazes. It gives you time to consider the possibilities, I often don’t do what
I think I am going to do, but something comes clear within me and my hand just
paints.. As acrylics dry very quickly I
can keep on painting and I often try and put too much in! It is hard to
explain, but I hope that it makes sense?
Anyways that is what I have been up to this week, I am
linking to Paint Party Friday hosted by the wonderful ladies Eva and Kirstin.
