I painted a sphere in a monochromatic tone which was my first assignment from my Beginning Painting class. I used Winster Newton water based oil paint colors of Burnt Sienna and Blue to make the color of black from scratch and used Titanium White for the shades ranging from dark to light gray for the shadows, highlights, reflected light, and cast shadow which I learned from Intermediate Drawing.
First I used the blue tape because I didn’t have artist’s tape and was nowhere to be found.
Next, I used Mars Black acrylic to mix with water as an alternative to turpentine a water based liquid for oil paint.
Secondly, I used a brush for darker colors and a brush for blending in.
Then, it took 2 days to finish the painting which oil paint takes 6 to 8 hours to dry and a coat of it for 24 hours.
The advice I got from my professor Dyanne Duffy was that don’t mix oil and acrylic paint together.
