Oil Paintings..Beginners Post your paintings!

[Chic-n-farmer]

I wonder if one of you could answer a question for me? I have seen several paintings with these vertical lines, is there a name for this technique?

I am an admirer of art and those who can create it. Congratulations to all of you blessed with this talent.

Here is a painting I ran across on an online auction site. I do not own this painting, but I have a Duchamp with the same use of vertical black lines (and no way to photograph it as my camera is at camp with my boy).

Thanks!

 

[ozark hen]

Sandee, that is going to be amazing, I can't wait to see the finished plate.
chick-I love that painting style, too, but don't have a clue as to what it is called.

 

[Ema]

I always wanted to learn to paint...I suck at drawing too... :-( I love those paintings, they are great and you ARE doing a fantastic job....I hope one day I can learn to do it myself so I can fill up my walls LOL

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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Well, can you believe it I finally finished my plate. Since this was the only thing I worked on the teacher and I were able to track the hours it took - "50". Plus the cost of the 50 hours worth of class $160.00 - so better make sure I don't break it. My gold paint that was suppose to be bright on her head piece was too old and turned out dark but still OK. Overall I'm pleased with it. I have decided to drop the class since it was getting in the way of my work. So will just have to paint at home. My studio is still a work in progress but getting there.

Sandee

 

[lazyoranch]

I just love the Old Shack painting!!!

 

[ozark hen]

Sandee, I cannot get over the beauty of that plate! Wonderful job. Here are a few paintings done in Sept.
Still wrestlling with the leaves on my trees..I will get it soon, I hope. My teacher has been visiting her family in England and was due back home today. LOL I can't wait to see her, she is a dear friend.

Best pics I can do for now since I am having to use my camera phone. For some reason my computer won't take my pics off my camera?? My grandson (computer programer) will be here for the weekend next weekend! Yay! He will fix it for me...I hope LOL

 

[SillyChicken]

Great job you guys...... thats one thing I would love to do ... but can't seem to master! I've done some when in art college but only cause I had to! LOL!

You spoke of perspective, one way to get depth in your work is to layer the drawing. Take the cottage or mill (very nice to btw) they have 3 basic layers. the trees in the back ground, the cottage, then the trees in front... to get more depth, try making the background trees lighter and have less detail, more of a "sugestion" that they're trees, diferentiate the shapes in the shadows they may cast.. etc. Then spend more time on the cottage and trees in the foreground to make them pop! Thining the paint and using a finer brush will allow more details. Try using different tools!

I also find in my drawings, that sometimes using light in a shadow,where you think it should be dark, will make it pop more and give a more 3D effect..


I'm hijacking with a drawing... wish I could work in paint but I'm impatient! This one's taken me 15 hrs as it is! (cell phone pict)

Ray and Fieldy from KoRn (almost finished)

 

[flgardengirl]

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That is a fantastic drawing sillychicken! I am going to show my dd she loves Korn and likes to draw.

 

[thasea]

Here is a painting for you to look at. I love to paint but don't do it very often.

This is one I called Niege...

This is a graphite sketch I did of my daughters room....

 

[AngieChick]

Ozark, those are lovely. I am so glad that you are treating yourself to art lessons.

SillyChicken is right about how to put depth in your paintings. You want your highest contrast/brightest colors to be in the foreground. Your colors and contrast should grey out as it recedes back in space. Also, don't be afraid to play with colors in unexpected ways. There should be some depth and color in the shadows and the highlights as well as in the middle range.

You have some great things going for you: your brushwork is gorgeous, your clouds look light and fluffy an the tree leaves look rough (nice use of brush work to show texture): your compositions are wonderful and well balanced - you aren't putting all the action in the middle like many beginners can tend to do: you are doing a lovely job of having a consistent light source.