[Totally]

20x24, oil on canvas
Detail

Stages:
Week 1
Week 1.5
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4

[ October 31, 2002: Message edited by: Totally ]

[Matthew]

Very nice.
How do you do when painting with oil, do you erase the pencil sketch or do you just paint over it?
good stuff, keep it up

take it easy
Matthew alias Billy the head

[JFreak]

I've never tried oils before, but when I use acrylics or gouche I paint right over them. most artists, start with what is called an underpainting, instead of a pencil sketch. Sometimes it completly disapears by the end , and sometimes certain artists let their underpainting show through.
Follow your instincts, there are not any right or wrongs when it comes to how you paint

[Totally]

I started with a line drawing, then I transferred the drawing to canvas. I then toned the canvas (allowing the pencil to show through) and started laying in an underpainting using burnt sienna (a reddish-brown). You can see some of the underpainting here. Oil is a very opaque paint (which can of course be thinned down to make it more transparent), there is really no reason to erase the drawing underneath.

[Weirdowe]

congrats.... Awesome painting... I always enjoy seeing the work in progress with the finished painting. And especialy with oils since I'm still trying so hard to teach myself to use oils. The only thing that got me is "week1" "week2" "week3" and "week4" ... I usualy finnish in about 6 hours (And by that time I completly high off of turpentine). But I guess theat's something else for me to work at - my patience . . .

[Totally]

The thing about oils is that they do take a few days to dry. So, if you plan to go in and glaze or dry brush, you have to wait for the layer of paint underneath to dry. I'm not working on a single painting for 4 weeks, I can be doing multiple things at once, but you do need patience to give the painting time before you return to it.

Now, technically you could use a coat of crystal clear to quickly fix all of the paint to the canvas, but it's not a method that's suggested, as it tends to give the paint a different finish and can be damaging to the paint as well.

Oh... and it looks like I had another stage that I photographed but forgot.. so here's the drawing on the toned canvas.

[Max]

Very well done!!!
I especially like the pose of the woman and the lightning.