#dailypaint

I should mention that even though I am doing a daily painting, I won't be posting every day simply because I would rather spend that time painting! Sightly different approach with this guy; this day was an underpainting. Once dry, he will get a second layer. He is judging you.

Daily painting day 3: egret. ...I would say that this is one of my favourite birds, but I seem to be saying that for every bird I post so.... this is one of my favourite birds?

My lovely doggo has not been well recently, so I missed posting this for day 2 (great start!) so there will be two posts today, lucky you! Willy Wagtail! a favourite British Birb.

Finished! First full oil painting. Mostly for exploration sake, to get a feel for the paint and because well, pigeons. I'll get brave and varnish her at somepoint.

Yup, oils are harder to photograph for sure... any tips or tricks? 😂 Of course one of the first things I try to paint is a pigeon. Pigeons are lovely. And incredibly pretty birds, when you look beyond their reputation. First layer done, currently drying.

First attempt at freeform oils - aka, not a tutorial... of course, it's going to be a pigeon. It's turning out very naïve, but I can see the potential in the long run!

Have you tried a new medium recently? A new technique or style, or revisited something you did a while ago? 6 weeks ago, this little package of basic oils, some different cleaners and thinners, and three new brushes arrived. I slapped some paint onto a cheap, small canvas I had lying around from my old acrylic attempts... and I totally fell in love. Kicking myself for not attempting oils earlier and fighting with acrylics, assuming it was me and not them. Turns out, I love the slowness and wet nature of oils compared to instant dry acrylics!

Red ball! Ehehehe this is so bad it is laughable, but am still sharing it as part of a journey into a new medium because I learned so much from this awful red ball. One of my biggest takeaways is just how much vibrancy and *depth* there is in oil painting - this has three layers and each layer just made it glow more and more. ...which you can't tell because I am also a terrible photographer. Womp womp. Oh look, another really badly painted ball! This one is an underpainting for my first attempt at adding colour to my oil painting. Am finding oils quite hard but also really enjoyable and I can see the potential... now if only I could actually make them do what I want them to! A tutorial by @josephpatricdaniels