My first ever oil painting, done alla prima.

[GPV]

[The Blue Flower]

1. great first effort

What is 'alla prima'?

[GPV]

2. Thx. It means done wet in wet, all in one sitting. Because I really

didn't know what I was doing. Lol

[The Blue Flower]

4. I've always painted in oils

I found that I could take a finished painting off the wall and touch it up if there was something I wasn't totally happy with. But I always had to plan the layers: paint the background, let it dry, then keep working forward to the foreground with lots of drying time in between. Gave me plenty of time to think about what went in next. So if there's something about this one you want to fix, you can keep working on it as long as you like.

[GPV]

6. I want to learn to use thinned layers to paint. That's my next try. What

support do you prefer? Linen, canvas, board, paper?

[Ocelot II]

7. If you are going to used thinned layers, also called glazing,

be sure to check the paint tube to see whether the paint is opaque or transparent (it will be labeled). Mixing any color with white makes it opaque, so don't do that to make a color lighter; just use less paint in a thinner layer. Use transparent paint for glazing; that way you won't need as much medium (e.g., linseed oil - slow drying - or walnut oil - faster drying), and the painting won't be too oily to work. Each layer needs to dry before applying the next, and you should apply thin layers over thicker ones. I like a solid panel; stretched canvas "gives" too much. Paper absolutely does not work at all because it absorbs oil.

There's a lot to learn about how to use oil paint - it's much trickier than acrylic but also more versatile if you don't mind the slower process. I like it better than other mediums because you can always fix mistakes.

[GPV]

8. Hmmmm...ill have to see what I have. It's just Reeves student paint. Mixing with

white in watercolor also gives opacity.

[The Blue Flower]

11. Usually canvas

but I have painted on board. I like the texture of canvas.

[John1956PA]

3. Colorful and refreshing!

It must have required patience to paint the competing colors in the upper land area near the waterfall.

[GPV]

5. I had no clue what I was doing. Just slapping stuff on and watching

it make mud with the lower layers. Lol

[magicarpet]

9. Looks like coastal Gulf of Maine.

Where are the lobster boats and seagulls ?



Nice job.

[GPV]

10. That's my stomping ground. I'll have to do another with gulls and boats.

[LiberalLoner]

12. Very good, expressive and bold! 👍👏