First of all just a wee note on the runic and ‘little dancer’ pendants, I’ve now uploaded these to the shop and they’ve been priced at $7.50 incl. postage … UK buyers wishing to purchase in £ sterling should drop me a note either via the shop or via the contact page here.
Now, on with the blog post proper!
Continuing in the, “I can’t paint real things”, vein I’ve been messing about with oil paints again. This is my second effort with them and whilst they do take an extraordinary period of time to dry and can be hellishly messy they are absolutely fantastic to work with and I’m pretty sure I’ve not even scratched the surface in terms of it’s versatility!
This painting only came about because I’m too tight to throw paint away and I had some left over after my earlier giraffe effort.
Aside from from daubing paint onto boards I’m also working on another carving which is a bit of a pain in the thumb, not least of all because I’ve not done it for a while, but also because I keep stabbing myself in the fingers with my new gouges! The gouges are proving to be a fine investment though and I think they’ll allow me to add an extra dimension to my work, a new intricacy.
Hopefully I’ll also be picking up some of my incomplete papier mache sculpture and get on with these too, although I may need to deposit them somewhere in plain site so that I don’t forget about them!
Tags: abstract, art, harder than it looks, oil paints, paint, painting
